Roma Tre has always been committed to making sustainability an integral part of the University’s policies. Projects and initiatives have been launched to encourage the active participation of the community in reducing environmental impact while ensuring the well-being of the community and economic development of the community. Particular attention is devoted to fostering responsibility in the education of students, whose future behaviors and decisions will be influenced by the knowledge acquired during their university experience.
A key aspect of the University’s projects is the fight against the consumption of single‑use plastics, for this purpose steel water bottles customized with the Roma Tre Logo have been purchased and distributed free of charge to enrolled students.
Let’s fight climate change together.
Results
Roma Tre believes that action is needed at the source of the process that leads, at the end of the production cycle, to the presence of plastic in the environment. Therefore, the University works to discourage the use of single‑use plastic bottles by providing students and staff, in addition to the stainless‑steel bottles already described, drinking water dispensers.
Across all University locations, there are 28 drinking water dispensers available for filling thermal bottles with room‑temperature, chilled or sparkling water.
In 2025, a total of 860.415 liters of water had been dispensed, resulting in a saving of approximately 1.720.830 plastic bottles, corresponding to 17.208,3 kg of plastic not released into the environment and a consequent reduction of about 46 tons of CO₂.
The average weight of a 0.5 L PET bottle is about 15 g = 0.015 kg. The emissions for producing 1 kg of PET are approximately 3 kg of CO₂.
Calculation:
- Plastic saved: 1.720.830 bottles ×0,015 kg = 25.812,45kg of PET.
- CO₂ emissions avoided: 25.812 kg × 3 kg CO₂/kg PET = 77.437 kg of CO₂, which corresponds to 77,4 tons of CO₂.
Second campaign
Students enrolled in the academic years 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 will receive an electronic voucher at their institutional e-mail address to collect a free water bottle at the new Link identifier #identifier__162810-1Unistore in Via Ostiense 133 (open every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 A.M. to 01:00 P.M. and from 02:00P.M. to 05:00P.M.). Each item is packaged in recyclable material that is 100% sourced from FSC-certified suppliers. Moreover, Roma Tre is committed to Link identifier #identifier__51927-2planting a tree for every bottle distributed .
For enrolled students who were unable to collect their water bottles in previous years, it is possible to submit a request by filling out the following Link identifier #identifier__31738-3form. Within 30 days, a digital voucher for collecting the water bottle will be sent to their institutional e-mail.
First campaign
Roma Tre purchased 36,000 stainless steel thermal water bottles featuring the Roma Tre logo, which were distributed free of charge between 2019 and 2024 with a pause during the Covid period to all freshmen enrolled in bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.