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The issue of the project is to implement the possibility that students and Universidade de Aveiro workers can be reimbursed for each bottle they return. This return will be made using specific equipment that will be purchased by the project. The reimbursement amount must be credited to the UA Single Card, which is already associated with the institution''s access and payment systems. The pilot project aims to contribute to a sustained reflection on the current Universida de Aveiro waste management model, with a multiplier effect expected in the regional context. With this pilot project, the Universidade de Aveiro is increasingly assumed as a reference institution in the national and international panorama, remaining at the forefront of adoption sustainability policies, for a more sustainable human development model based on the circular economy. It is expected that, with a dedicated separation, complying with a lower degree of contamination, the product resulting from the collection will have a higher quality and an increase in the selective collection of PET and aluminum will occur. The environmental assessment of the pilot project will be carried out through the application of life cycle analysis (LCA).