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At the moment of disposal: how messaging techniques at university public outdoor waste receptacles can improve the solid waste stream
- University of Florida (FL)
Purpose: This study aims to test how waste disposal behaviors can be changed such as higher recycling diversion and lower contamination rates using signage and messaging techniques at public outdoor ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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CUB Plastic Shipping Bag Recycling Program
- Gettysburg College (PA)
We implemented a plastic shipping bag recycling program at Gettysburg College. Recycling bags contribute towards contamination within the college's single-stream recycling or end up directly in the landfill via ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Bin Infrastructure Planning – Placement & Design Standards
- University of Michigan (MI)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
- Busch Systems (ON)
This session facilitates knowledge exchange on how & where to implement standardized, public-facing bin infrastructure.
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Lightning Talks: Campus Operations (Group 1)
- Louisiana State University (LA)
- Stanford University (CA)
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
This session consists of 3 15-minute Lightning Talk sessions related to culture and communications. The Lightning Talks are: End-to-end Visibility into Operations for a Connected Zero Waste Campus - This session ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Creating Effective Waste Bin Signage
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
A University of Texas at Austin Zero Waste Working Group used a comprehensive process including signage studies, waste composition data, and a progression of testing to design a new campus-wide ...
- Posted March 10, 2022
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Sign Me Up! Creating Effective Waste Bin Signage
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
What does it take to get useful sorting signage on your bins that is standardized across campus departments? We'll take you through our collaborative campus process complete with a ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Implementing a New Campus-Wide Bin Infrastructure: From Setting Standards to Deploying Bins
- Austin Community College (TX)
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
- Busch Systems (ON)
Have you ever dreamed about completely replacing all of the waste and recycling bins on your campus with shiny new, perfectly selected, and ideally placed bins? What would you do ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Recycling Data: What We've Learned
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MA)
- NORESCO (NC)
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has been partnering with NORESCO for the past 9 years on a number of energy savings and behavior change initiatives. One of these has been ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Outdoor Waste Receptacle Removal: A Creative Approach to Waste Management
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
Institutions across the country have found success in strategically phasing out outdoor waste receptacles and focusing their waste efforts on the management of indoor waste streams. Though perhaps counterintuitive to ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Promoting Sustainable Behavior Through the use of Personal Recycling Bins in Residential Halls
- Oklahoma State University (OK)
College campuses provide a unique stage for waste diversion and sustainability efforts, especially in on campus housing. As students from all over the nation and world come and go from ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Implementing a Better Deskside Recycling System
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (IN)
- Busch Systems (ON)
A 2015 Keep America Beautiful study found that converting deskside waste collection to a system of small trash baskets alongside a regular-size recycling bin could improve recovery and decrease contamination ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Bin There, Done That: Mapping CSUN's Outdoor Waste Infrastructure
- California State University, Northridge (CA)
To prepare for the implementation of CSUN's Zero Waste Plan, and to comply with new stormwater pollution mandates, the Facilities Planning department at CSU Northridge created an internship for ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Implementing an Effective Campus Recycling & Waste Bin Infrastructure
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
- CleanRiver Recycling Solutions (ON)
A uniform system of well-designed recycling and waste bins is crucial for colleges to achieve significant diversion rates. The challenge is to identify bins that can address four key needs ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Achieving Zero Waste and Campus-Wide Compost Bins: Progress from Swarthmore College
- Swarthmore College (PA)
In 2017, Swarthmore College formalized its commitment to achieving a Zero Waste campus, with an interim goal of reaching an 80% diversion rate by 2022. This ambitious commitment, which built ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Western State Colorado University Role in Advancing SDGs- Road Map to Institutionalizing Zero Waste
- Western Colorado University (CO)
Higher education plays critical roles in the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More specifically, higher education should strategically strive in its physical operations in advancing the ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Thinking Outside of the Trash: Waste Policy Implementation and Education at Emory University
- Emory University (GA)
Emory University consulted with Cascadia and Burns & McDonnell during 2016-2017 to assess Emory's materials management program and make recommendations for innovative and programmatic strategies to help Emory achieve ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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University of Dayton Composting Bins
- University of Dayton (OH)
Students in the University of Dayton Hanley Sustainability Institute built two 4’x6’ bins to compost campus food.
- Posted July 30, 2018
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Food Waste Composting Bin Construction
- University of Dayton (OH)
Student leaders in the University of Dayton Hanley Sustainability Institute work with campus Master Carpenter to build two 4’x6’ bins to compost campus food waste.
- Posted July 30, 2018
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Food Waste Composting Bin Construction
- University of Dayton (OH)
Student leaders in the University of Dayton Hanley Sustainability Institute are building two 4’x6’ bins to compost campus food waste.
- Posted July 30, 2018
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University of Dayton Composting and Recycling Bins
- University of Dayton (OH)
The University of Dayton places composting and recycling bins outside dining facilities on campus to encourage composting and recycling and diverting “trash” from landfills.
- Posted July 24, 2018
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University of Dayton Composting Bins
- University of Dayton (OH)
Students in the University of Dayton Hanley Sustainability Institute built two 4’x6’ bins to compost campus food and plastic.
- Posted July 24, 2018
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Adding Recycling into Individual Offices
- South Dakota State University (SD)
2017-2018 has been the year of recycling for South Dakota State University. We looked at recycling levels and determined there was room for improvement. It was determined that availability of ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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A Behavioral Approach to the Development of a Campus-Wide Recycling System
- Western Michigan University (MI)
This article describes efforts to establish a more effective campus-wide recycling system at Western Michigan University. A study was designed as a continuation of an established line of behavioral recycling ...
- Posted March 1, 2017
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Map More, Waste Less: A Study in How GIS Helps Texas A&M Prevent Waste
- Texas A&M University (TX)
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During the Spring of 2016, the Texas A&M Geography Society, a student organization that performs undergraduate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) research, set out to help SSC Services for Education ...
- Posted June 6, 2016
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New Research About Bin Set-Up to Increase Recycling In Offices
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (IN)
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
This presentation will review a new study commissioned by Keep America Beautiful that shows how the arrangement recycling and trash bins in office settings can lead to a 20% increase ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Is My Recycling Bin Full? Yep, there’s an App for that.
- University of Puget Sound (WA)
While technology is allowing for greater expediency and efficiency of recycling operations; one area that is in most need of a technological upgrade is our ability to know when a ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Order Matters: Waste Audits and Bin Configurations
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Before you can get to zero waste, you need to know what your waste stream is composed of. The best way to do this is through waste audits. This presentation ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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