Heating season ends as summer arrives

The arrival of the summer months brings warmer temperatures, and with it, the official ending of the University heating season.  As per the service level agreement, the University’s heating system is normally switched off from Wednesday 1 May to Monday 30 September, to help maintain comfort for staff and students, and reduce carbon impact from

Examples of best practice and innovative ideas from Local Environmental Action Plans (LEAPs)

This blog post is a resource to help communicate examples of best practices and innovative ideas which various teams and departments across the University have committed to within their LEAPs [UoL login required]. These examples are designed to help spark ideas for potential within your own area and similar actions which you could undertake. All

Inspire Inclusion on International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day (IWD)! This year’s theme is ‘Inspire Inclusion’. The Sustainability Team (previously ‘Social Impact Team’) remains an all-female team, and we feel very empowered to be working as part of a group of inspiring and inclusive colleagues. You can get to know us from our blog post from last year here. IWD

Contribute to the SDGs in 2024!

Happy New Year! Why not make it your goal to contribute more towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2024? Final year student Anthony Aka talks about how students can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the University of Leicester. Read on to find out more! The SDGs are a set of

Inhale knowledge about vape disposal

Don’t get caught within a cloud of confusion – learn how to recycle your vapes! As vaping is becoming increasingly common, it’s crucial for us to understand responsible disposal practices to mitigate environmental and public health risks. Vaping devices almost always contain batteries, which pose a threat to human health and the environment when discarded

Student blog: ideas you can pursue this Green Careers Week

As governments and institutions push for the greener changes demanded by the UN Agenda 2030, sustainability has become the new frontier in the job market, and it’s filled with diverse opportunities suitable for all degree types.   In this post, we want to provide students with a list of options in the sustainability sector. The roles

Reduce your missed capture moments this Recycling Week

Hello and welcome back to the University of Leicester sustainability blog! We are currently in the midst of Recycling Week 2023! This year’s theme, ‘missed capture’, challenges us to reflect on the opportunities we might be overlooking in our daily lives to recycle and contribute to a more sustainable future. As we delve into this

Which UK supermarket is the most sustainable?

If this is your first time living away from home, you will undoubtedly have many questions about how to live independently, including where you can get your groceries. If you are living in University halls or private accommodation in Leicester, you will have access to a wide variety of supermarket brands and sizes. We acknowledge

Easy tips this Zero Waste Week

The premise of Zero Waste Week is to raise awareness of the incremental changes we can all make in our day-to-day lives to minimise the amount of waste that is sent to landfill. As we come to the end of Zero Waste Week 2023, we wanted to give you some easy tips on how you

Greenwash gimmicks – how to see through them!

What is greenwashing? With the rise of social and environmental awareness and pressure on companies worldwide to improve their sustainability credentials, the term ‘greenwashing’ has become a significant subject of interest. But, what does this actually mean? In short, ‘greenwash’ is when “companies make false or misleading statements about their environmental credentials, whether unintentionally or