Waste Disposal Recycling and Landfill Measurement

Heliopolis University | SDG 12 – 2025
 

Purpose and scope

Reduce waste sent to landfill through segregation and responsible disposal, and record waste generation and treatment outcomes. This policy applies to relevant university operations and participants.
 

Policy measures

• Separate general waste, recyclables and hazardous waste in appropriately designated containers.
• Record quantities, units, collection dates, source areas and destinations; distinguish actual weights from estimates.
• Track waste sent for recycling, composting and landfill separately, and document final treatment where possible.
• Use appropriate authorized transport and disposal providers under applicable requirements.
• Review the records periodically and retain supporting weight tickets and transfer documentation.

Responsibilities and review

The Rural Development Center, facilities and relevant departments coordinate waste tracking and reporting.

Waste hierarchy and separation: Prevent waste where practicable, then prioritise reuse and appropriate recycling or composting before disposal. General waste, recoverable materials and hazardous waste should be separated at source, using labelled collection points suited to campus activities.

Measurement and records: Record each collection date, location, material stream, measurement unit, quantity and destination. Identify whether each value is weighed or estimated and retain supporting logs, weight tickets, transfer notes and provider records. A mixed stream must not be counted twice alongside materials recovered from it.

Recycling and landfill: Track quantities sent for recycling, composting and landfill separately, distinguishing material collected for recovery from material confirmed as recycled. Where mixed waste is sorted after collection, record the resulting destinations and avoid treating the whole mixed stream as recycled without evidence.

Calculation and quality assurance: The recycling rate should use the quantity actually recycled over the corresponding total waste generated for the same boundary, period and unit, subject to the applicable reporting methodology. Reconcile category totals with source records; document exclusions, assumptions, any estimates and changes in methods.

Responsibilities and review: Waste producers should use designated containers; responsible collection and facilities teams should coordinate segregation and record movements; designated reporting staff should consolidate and review the figures. Where hazardous materials arise, apply the dedicated hazardous waste procedure and applicable regulatory requirements.