ULiège aims to promote the circular economy through reuse and recycling, improve selective waste collection and reduce the volume of waste it produces.
ULiège promotes reuse and recycling. On campus, various initiatives make it possible to repair, donate, share, or reuse items rather than throw them away. Because the best waste is the waste that isn’t produced in the first place, discover the solutions implemented at ULiège to adopt a more circular approach to our resources.
The ULiège Repair Café allows members of the university community to bring in items that no longer work and try to repair them with the help of volunteers and experienced individuals.
The goal? To extend the life of these items, prevent them from becoming waste, and share repair skills.
Learn more about the Repair Café
Donation cabinets allow members of the ULiège community to donate and take items in good condition for free.
The concept is simple: Don’t need it anymore? Donate it. Need it? Take it.
These cabinets promote reuse and sharing within the University and help prevent items that are still useful from becoming waste.
Learn more about donation boxes
Book trees give books a second life by making them available for free to other members of the ULiège community.
You can drop off a book you’d like to share and take home another book that interests you.
It’s a simple way to keep books circulating rather than letting them gather dust or throwing them away, while promoting sharing and access to reading.
Learn more about the book trees
When it comes to recycling, more than 20 collection streams are organized at ULiège, covering a wide range of waste, from residual waste to waste collected on request (bulky items, wood, metals…), as well as hazardous waste. Recycling stations are gradually being installed in all high-traffic areas, and the phased removal of individual wastebaskets and trash cans from classrooms is planned, taking into account the needs of each department, such as confidentiality. Discussions are underway at the institutional level to implement a system for collecting organic waste.
Finally, since the best waste is none at all, ULiège’s sustainable waste management policy places particular emphasis on waste reduction. This is achieved, in particular, through the institutional sustainable procurement policy and the implementation of initiatives such as the installation of water fountains to encourage the use of reusable water bottles rather than single-use plastic bottles, as well as the campaign to combat food waste.
For further information on non-hazardous waste management, visit on the intranet (reserved access).
ULiège aims to reduce its waste production and improve selective collection. To this end, new sorting garbage cans have been installed in the 20-Août buildings.
Le projet RUC est une initiative d’enseignement axée sur la durabilité qui a amené des étudiantes et étudiants à collaborer autour de la question du recyclage de matériaux et objets hors d’usage.
Some thirty outdoor containers for the collection of organic waste were installed this Friday, February 14, 2025 at various University sites in Liège.
The Board of Directors of ULiège has approved eight new flagship projects that will strengthen the integration of sustainability into all university activities and practices.
