Overview
The University applies responsible consumption and production across its procurement, its waste and its day-to-day operations.
The University pursues this goal across its teaching, its scientific research, its campus operations and its service to the community. The sections below set out how it delivers the goal, the activities held during the year, the research its academics published, and the policies that underpin its commitment.
How the University delivers this goal
- Separates and recycles waste at source across its campus.
- Applies a sustainable and ethical procurement policy favouring responsible suppliers.
- Manages hazardous laboratory and clinical waste under Egyptian environmental law.
- Pursues plastic- and disposable-reduction practices.
- Publishes its sustainability commitments and progress openly.
Activities in 2022/23
- A source-separation recycling system was in place across the campus for paper, plastic and metals, with separate periodic collection, diverting recyclable material from general waste.
Research & publications in 2022/23
During 2022/23, researchers at Future University in Egypt published 49 Scopus-indexed research outputs that contribute to this goal, across its faculties and research centre. Representative works include:
- Wastewater treatment: A short assessment on available techniques. Nishat, A. and 12 more (2023). Alexandria Engineering Journal · cited 245 times.
- A worldwide development in the accumulation of waste tires and its utilization in concrete as a sustainable construction material: A review. Moasas, A.M. and 6 more (2022). Case Studies in Construction Materials · cited 107 times.
- Effect of reinforcement of Alkaline-treated sugar palm/bamboo/kenaf and fibreglass/ Kevlar with polyester hybrid biocomposites: mechanical, morphological, and water absorption properties. Radzi, F.S.M. and 10 more (2023). Journal of Materials Research and Technology · cited 64 times.
- Global warming potential-based life cycle assessment and optimization of the compressive strength of fly ash-silica fume concrete; environmental impact consideration. Onyelowe, K.C. and 7 more (2022). Frontiers in Built Environment · cited 63 times.
Policies supporting this goal
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