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Catering

Aston's Catering department has been heavily involved in a number of our sustainability projects:

- The Aston University Mug for Life was launched in May 2009. The mugs are for sale in all of our on-campus catering outlets and can be used when buying any hot drink, to reduce the need for paper cups which cannot be recycled.

Mug for life

- Some of the paper cups which are used on campus are provided by Resource products, who also provide our bottled water. A percentage of the profits from these sales is donated to the charity Cool Earth and goes towards protecting the rainforests. Since we have started selling these we have raised enough money to save 8 acres of rainforest, which is the equivalent of locking in 2080 tonnes of carbon dioxide.  

Fairtrade logo

- Our Catering department fully support Aston’s commitment to Fairtrade products and provide Fairtrade options in all catering outlets as well as through their hospitality service. For more details see the information available on our Fairtrade pages.   

- Catering were heavily involved in sourcing our on-site in-vessel composter which is used to compost our catering and garden waste. Catering have also found a supplier of compostable food containers and drink cups for our catering facilities, reducing our waste considerably.