SDG 12. Responsible Consumption and Production: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, UzhNU installed a new waste sorting station, worked with NGOs to teach students and Uzhhorod residents about sorting and recycling, and developed an educational game on sustainable consumption. In UI GreenMetric, the University’s waste management score rose by 225 points, and UzhNU moved up from 10th to 7th place among Ukrainian HEIs in this category.
Key figures, 2025
| Indicator | Value |
| UI GreenMetric, Waste | 900 points (+225); 7th in Ukraine |
| New waste sorting container stations (with AVE) | 1 (academic and laboratory building) |
| “Uzhhorod for a Clean Environment” eco-campaigns (sorted waste exchanged for eco-gifts) | 2 |
| Prize to the student team at the Re:Source hackathon | UAH 120,000 |
| ChemHub project (“green” approaches in chemistry) | EUR 8,175 |
Campus
• A new container station for waste sorting was installed on the grounds of the main building (in cooperation with AVE); bulky waste from renovations is disposed of properly.
• During an eco-clean-up in September, the Botanical Garden was cleaned and recyclables were taken to a collection point; on 18 September, students took part in the “Clean Up — Sort It” clean-up.
• Energy and water saving on campus is described on the SDG 6 and SDG 7 pages.
Education and community
• The Re:Source project with the NGO “PI Teplytsia”: a presentation for Uzhhorod youth (18 March), 4-day training (8–11 April) and a 2-day hackathon (13–14 May). The UzhNU team developed the environmental board game VIRIDIS (presented on 10–11 December).
• The Centre for Innovation and Development, with the NGO “Zelenyi Varosh”, held the eco-dialogue “Sorting That Works” and the eco-party “Together on the ECO Wave” with an ideas competition for the community.
• Technology teachers from the region attended the webinar-workshop “Upcycling in Wood Product Design” (6 November, 35 participants).
• Tourism students took part in the joint action “Modern Tourism Is Eco-Tourism” by Chysto.de (7 May); college students took part in the Girls Go Circular project.
Research
• Contract research on improving the environmental performance of printing materials (eco-solvent, UV and hybrid inks).
• The Erasmus+ project “Gender, Digitalisation, Green” is developing a course on the European Green Deal with a focus on the circular bioeconomy; ChemHub raises awareness of “green” approaches in chemistry.
