Unite Students, Manchester Met reuse 4,700 tonnes of material in Cambridge Halls redevelopment
- Unite Students and Manchester Metropolitan University donated 581 furniture and appliance items worth around £47,000 from the Cambridge Halls redevelopment.
- The project reused 4,700 tonnes of crushed material on site, equivalent to 216 truckloads.
- Contractor GRAHAM diverted 352 mattresses from landfill; recycling 13 tonnes of aluminum into new window frames saved 70 tonnes of carbon.
- The 2,302-bed redevelopment opens in phases: 1,101 beds for the 2029/30 academic year, followed by 1,201 the next year.
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