Like the University, the Union is committed to doing their best to reduce negative environmental impact as a result of its activities. You will find what we are already doing in the next section but there may be more that we can do! We are your Union, so if you want us to stop or start doing something to benefit the environment, let us know by sharing your idea 

Reduce our impact through travel

• Wherever possible, we use trains to travel between campuses and avoid using air miles. We try to only travel by car when there are enough people to justify the fuel.
• We have transferred some of our services to online access. This also helps reduce the amount of travel.
• Our sport groups all travel by coach or train for their away games and this reduces fragmented travel

Reduce our paper consumption 

• All of our Officers and staff use laptops for most of their business and we generally try not to print anything!
•  If printing, we ask all staff to have their default printer settings to be black and white and double sided.

Increase laptop lifespans

• Whenever possible, we will refurbish laptops with new RAM and hard drives, rather than buy new ones

Reduce non-recyclable wastage

• We do our utmost to use cardboard, rather than plastic cups for our big events
• We use mugs and glasses instead of disposable cups

Reduce office energy usage

• Turning out the office lights have been made a part of the close down checklist in the offices.
• We also ask staff to check that their screens are turned off to save power
• We use flasks at events to reduce the number of times we boil kettles