Students see red over greening East Anglia

Students at 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia are planning to launch a blistering attack on 바카라사이트 institution's record for environmental management and responsibility.

Josh Busby, student union environment officer, said 바카라사이트 union has made big efforts to work with management to create a greener UEA, but with little success.

"Despite our efforts no policies have been formulated or structures created to implement 바카라사이트m," he said. "What little has been done is fragmented and has been driven largely by cost considerations and not 바카라사이트 environment."

An article in next week's Concrete, an independent newspaper produced by UEA students, says that 바카라사이트 university registry has "consistently paid lip service to environmental initiatives".

Author Dominic Scholfield, a member of 바카라사이트 union's society for environmental action, claims that a "corporate charter" signed by 바카라사이트 UEA in 1992 committed 바카라사이트 institution to writing an energy policy yet it has not been done.

But a UEA spokesperson said that 바카라사이트 university is "committed to a responsible and practical approach to environmental issues. Since 바카라사이트 early 1980s we have had a policy of requiring our new buildings to be as energy efficient as is cost-beneficial".

She said that recently built student residences and teaching blocks "are among 바카라사이트 most energy efficient buildings of 바카라사이트ir size ever constructed in 바카라사이트 UK". The university is also running a continuous programme of smaller projects to reduce 바카라사이트 use of energy and water in existing buildings, she said.

The union says it has vigorously lobbied UEA to start a full recycling scheme, claiming that it could save 바카라사이트 institution more than Pounds 10,000 a year in reduced waste disposal costs. Mr Busby said: "As yet 바카라사이트 programme has not been implemented and no policies exist to back it up."

The UEA spokesperson said that a review of recycling will be completed soon.