Sustainability Day & Pop-Up Reuse
Talk to sustainability strategists, listen to The Trash Talks seminar, learn about sharing economy on Campus and how to get involved in student projects and organisations. You can also take the opportunity to recycle what no longer gives you joy or find discarded treasure at Stockholm City's Pop-up Recycling Container. KTH Sustainability Office in collaboration with KTH Innovation, Akademiska Hus, Stockholm Vatten och Avfall, and KTH Students for Sustainability.
Time: Fri 2022-08-19 10.00 - 16.00
Location: Lindstedtsvägen 1
Mingle outside KTH Entré - 10.00-15.00
You are welcome to KTH Entré during the day to consult with various representatives from Stockholm Water and Waste, KTH and Akademiska Hus about how we work with sustainability and resource management.
Trash Talks Seminar - 12.00-13.00
KTH and Stockholm Water and Waste welcome you to a seminar on recycling and reuse. The first 40 registered participants receive a lunch wrap.
Register for the seminar
Speakers and topics:
- "Why is sorting waste so important?", with Karin Sundin, Stockholm Vatten och Avfall and project manager for Pop-up Reuse Container. Karin will tell us about how Stockholm is working to reduce and reuse waste.
- “Spaces in cities for reuse and repair – Doing more than fixing stuff”, with Karin Bradley, Associate Professor at KTH, researcher in Mistra Sustainable Consumption. Karin will tell us about spaces in cities for reuse and repair – doing more than fixing stuff.
- "Sharing initiatives : locally organised and collectively owned" with Sharang Kolathur, Master student at KTH in Sustainable Energy Engineering, and project managerSmart Map KTH - KTH Students for Sustainability
Smart Map is a website that makes visible the sharing economy's activities, locations and networks to encourage community building and access over ownership. On the map you will find bicycle kitchens, exchange groups, free shops, car pools and various digital platforms.