Have you ever spotted litter on campus and thought ‘someone should clean that up’? The Vice-Chancellor noticed too, and is now helping lead the charge to keep our campus clean.

The annual cost to clean up litter on campus is in the vicinity of $250,000. To combat this unnecessary expense and improve the amenity of our campus grounds, Sustainability have launched a new waste and litter campaign, Clean and Green.

“The physical environment of our campus forms a significant part of our domestic and international appeal,” said Vice-Chancellor, Professor S Bruce Dowton. “This campaign seeks to preserve and enhance this important part of our identity.”

Sustainability Officer Belinda Bean says Clean and Green is inspiring a vision of a campus community that proactively minimises litter and maximises reuse and recycling efforts.

“All garbage from the ‘one size fits all’ bins are sorted at a materials recovery facility, diverting approximately 75% of our waste from landfill,” said Belinda.

Help keep our campus clean by joining the Litterati. When you find litter on campus:

• Snap it on Instagram
• Tag it using #litterati and #waste_type (eg. #litterati #plastic) to help identify problem spots
• Bin it to keep our campus clean and green.

Clean Up Campus Day
On 24 March, all staff are invited to take part in Clean Up Campus Day, an event in support of the nation’s largest community-based environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day.

Register a team and dedicate one hour of time between 10am and 2pm to help keep our campus clean, and for a chance to win a prize.

When: Tuesday 24 March
Time: 10am – 2pm
Where: Campus-wide
Registered teams will be provided with a barbeque lunch.

Register now.