Sustainability

On our campus cafes have banned single-use plastics (cutlery and takeaway containers) to reduce waste. 

The cafe also sources as much produce locally as possible, and run a meat-free menu on Wednesdays to reduce our carbon impact.

We are lucky to be located in a part of the UK where nature is a part of your everyday - and our students and staff believe strongly in safeguarding that.

In recent years, the college has planted wildflower banks and trees at Folly Lane, and manages the grassland in front of the College Road campus to encourage biodiversity. 

Students have also been empowered to grow vegetables in beds next to the College Road campus.

We promote the use of active travel options, and the Station Approach student accommodation is located next to a bus stop for Hereford's free, electric Zipper bus service.

Both campuses also have secure bike parking, and College Road now has an allocated bay for the city's bikeshare (and e-bikeshare) scheme, Beryl Bikes.

A well-stocked materials store - in addition to great connections at local Scrap Stores - enable students to minimise costs as well their environmental impact by reusing materials for prototyping or at the outset of their design projects.

Both campuses have numerous recycling hubs to enable students to drop-off unwanted items including electrics, as well as other materials for recycling. 

These are collected by Pedicargo, a local recycling company who operate using cargo bikes.

While you will want and need to print design work on specific paper, our standard printers are set up to default to using recycled paper for the majority of printed documents.

While the college encourages staff and students to minimise unnecessary printing, this provides a more environmentally-conscious option for day-to-day print jobs.

The River Wye is an incredible natural resource, and a key part of city life.

The local Save the Wye campaign is a great example of how art and activism can combine to create local impact on important issues.

In support of the campaign Post-16 students created large installations fabricated from litter to raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding the river's water quality condition - gaining local media attention. 

Similarly an BA(hons) Illustration student designed the branding and local for the Save the Lugg campaign, in support of another local river.