Our outdoor area, which is supposed to be a green place for rest and relaxation, is unfortunately littered with rubbish, cigarette butts and bottle caps every day. We clean our grounds regularly, but we simply can't keep up with the rubbish problem.

But together we can do something about it!
On 24 April from 10 to 14, we will meet in front of the library to clean up our campus and make it a pleasant place again.
Bring your friends, family and neighbours and let's make a difference together!

We will provide gloves, rubbish bags and other utensils to ensure the campaign runs smoothly. Drinks will also be provided!
After the work is done, we invite all helpers to a small get-together to thank them for their commitment.
Every helping hand counts, so join us and help us to beautify our campus and make it a place where everyone can feel comfortable. Together we can make a difference.

• Time: 10 to 14
• Meeting point: In front of the entrance of the UCL, Universitätsstraße 33, 50931 Cologne
• Procedure: Welcome, explanation of the programme, waste collection, get-together

To ensure that the clean-up campaign has a lasting effect, we want to raise awareness among university students and UCL employees about not carelessly throwing rubbish on the floor. We also want to think together about how we can prevent rubbish from being created in the first place. To this end, working groups are planned, signs will be put up to raise awareness and cigarette and bottle cap collection points will be set up.

Green Office Initiative

The Green Office Initiative UoC is a student initiative that aims to establish a strongly student-run sustainability office in line with the Green Office model at the University of Cologne and to support students in their commitment to greater sustainability and to strengthen student participation. In addition, the Green Office is a contact platform for sustainability enquiries from students at the University of Cologne.
Contact: green-officeuni-koeln.de
Instagram: @greenoffice.uzk

Sustainability Office of the University of Cologne

The Sustainability Office is the central point of contact for sustainability issues at the University of Cologne. It offers space for questions, ideas, suggestions and discourse, networks with each other, helps to make the topic of sustainability visible, accessible and tangible and jointly accompanies the transformation process towards a sustainable university.
Contact: nachhaltigkeitverw.uni-koeln.de

Green Team of the UCL

The UCL Green Team has been in existence since 2019. Colleagues from various departments at the UCL meet monthly in this open working group. The aim of the Green Team is to plan activities that raise awareness of sustainability issues. The target group is all UCL colleagues and library users.

Blechwech e.V.

With our BlechWech project, we want to recycle crown caps of all kinds.
They can be found almost everywhere and, unfortunately, the small pieces of tin usually end up not only in the rubbish, but primarily in our parks or on the streets.

Website: blechwech.de

AWB

AWB Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Köln GmbH looks back on a long tradition and is firmly rooted in the region. But we do not stand still: We are constantly looking for the best waste disposal solutions for Cologne and its citizens.

Website: Kölle-Putzmunter

• Kölle Putzmunter
• zerowastegermany
• WWF-BLOG
• worldcleanupday
• Umweltbundesamt

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Cologne University and City Library

Universitätsstraße 33, 50931 Cologne

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