Campus food waste

Campus food waste

Benha University measures the amount of food waste resulting from food served within the university:

  • In 2021/2022, the average amount of food waste at the university was 600kg.
  • In 2020/2021, the average amount of food waste at the university was 460kg.
  • In 2019/2020, the average amount of food waste at the university was 250kg.
  • In 2018/2019, the average amount of waste at the university was 600kg.

This waste is disposed of properly.

In accordance with the university’s policy to provide a sustainable food system, food consumption has been regulated and managed. The best way to dispose of waste is not to generate it, so the university follows the following:

The administration of the university cities determines the number of students as a result of counting absences, and sends the numbers of students residing in the university cities daily, and accordingly, meals are prepared.

Based on this policy, waste was limited daily to food packaging materials for meals (cartons - bags), as well as peeling and cutting waste for vegetables, meat cleaning waste, and restaurant cleaning waste after preparing meals at the university, and they are disposed of correctly.