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Zero is Hero: Use a Zero Waste Events Program to Re-Teach Recycling
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
- AASHE (PA)
Do you know how many events occur on your campus every year? Can you guess how many of those events use disposables? Do you have a hard time engaging your ...
- Posted Feb. 21, 2019
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Service Learning Catalyst
- University of Texas at El Paso (TX)
Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is a non-profit network that creates solutions to local and global sustainability challenges through service learning projects. Current and past projects have centered around ...
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Providing immediate feedback improves recycling and composting accuracy
- University of British Columbia (BC)
The volume of solid waste has increased significantly in the past century, directly contributing to global environmental problems. Public engagement with waste sorting is crucial to the diversion of solid ...
- Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Toward zero waste events: Reducing contamination in waste streams with volunteer assistance
- University of British Columbia (BC)
Public festivals and events generate a tremendous amount of waste, especially when they involve food and drink. To reduce contamination across waste streams, we evaluated three types of interventions at ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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Everett Community College Sustainability Volunteer Program Gets People Working
- Everett Community College (WA)
Video proposal (20 minutes/10 Minute Q&A) Since 2009, The Everett Community College Sustainability Department has teamed with several local agencies to fund a paid 'volunteer' program on campus. Volunteers ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Trash Talking: South Dakota State University's Effort to Increase Campus' Recycling Rate
- South Dakota State University (SD)
Like most universities, it is not unusual to find trash and recycling in the wrong bin at South Dakota State University. Sparked by SDSU's STARS 2016 report, the campus ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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CURC Campus Recycling Workshop
- Busch Systems (ON)
Join recycling and sustainability colleagues from campuses across the US and Canada for the annual CURC Campus Recycling Workshop. This year's workshop will take place alongside other AASHE pre-conference ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Stadium Clean-up: Invest in & Engage Student Organizations, Promote Sustainability, Reduce Costs
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
The Diddle/Smith Recycling Program engages student organizations to clean the arena/stadium after football and basketball games, as well as other special events. In exchange for cleaning, volunteers receive ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Integrated Plastics Recycling and Research Facility at UC Berkeley
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Zero Waste Research Center at UC Berkeley is working to create the first Plastics Recycling Facility at UC Berkeley. This facility, located at the Global Bay Campus in Richmond ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC) Membership Meeting
- University of South Carolina (SC)
Members and non-members alike are invited to join this annual CURC membership meeting. Board members will provide organizational updates, discuss current projects, and share opportunities to get involved. The meeting ...
- 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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Using Waste Reduction Technology to Adopt a Circular Economy
- Busch Systems (ON)
This presentation will focus on waste management and the new shift to a circular economy. We will investigate the environmental and economic opportunities of a circular economy. We will study ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Engaging Housekeeping Staff for Zero Waste Success
- The Ohio State University (OH)
Contamination of single-stream recycling is one of the most significant obstacles to waste diversion. While campus culture promotes recycling, users do not reliably recycle correctly. The result is a contaminated ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Responsible Consumption and Production: An Academic Year Deep Dive
- Lafayette College (PA)
During this session, we'll take a look at the opportunities to promote recycling and reuse during the academic year at a small liberal arts college. We'll chart out ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Engaging College Students With Sustainability and Human Rights Through Bottles and Cans
- Colgate University (NY)
The subject of my presentation will be UCan, a not-for-profit recycling system I launched as a first-year student at Colgate University in the Fall of 2017. UCan is a recycling ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Off-Campus Student Housing Recycling Program
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
Over 68 percent of students at the University of Nebraska Lincoln live in off-campus student housing, and many are conforming to the trend of residing in luxury student apartments. In ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Accessible and Ethical E-Waste: Adaptability in Infrastructure
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
This presentation is a case study on implementing an accessible and ethical e-waste system in UC Berkeley, where previously no affordable options had been available to students despite the hundreds ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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A Residential Recycling Competition at Skidmore College
- Skidmore College (NY)
Energy conservation competitions are a cornerstone project in many schools' outreach efforts, and this program utilized a similar approach to address apartment waste patterns. This recycling and compost-oriented competition involved ...
- 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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Expanding the Horizons of Campus Recycling: Assessing Expanded Polystyrene Waste in Higher Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
College and university campuses strive to minimize waste and promote thoughtful disposal practices among campus residents. However, one material that presents unique challenges to responsibly manage is expanded polystyrene (EPS ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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From Bags to Boards: The Experimentation Behind the Recycled Building Material "BagBoard"
- University of North Carolina, Wilmington (NC)
In the United States alone, the EPA estimates that 380 BILLION plastic bags are used once and then discarded. The answer to this plastic plague may come from the small ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Overcoming Administrative Barriers in Waste Management Projects
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
My project will be primarily covering the barriers that many students face when trying to implement new sustainable projects on their campuses. The focus of my project will be a ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Using the Campus as a Living Laboratory: The Think 80:20 Recycling Program at Deerfield Academy
- Deerfield Academy (MA)
Many institutions struggle to integrate recycling and organics collections broadly across their campuses. In 2013, Deerfield Academy re-booted its traditional recycling program and began to implement composting out into the ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Johnson County Community College Green Circle Certification in Cosmetology
- Johnson County Community College (KS)
In February 2017, Johnson County Community College’s Center for Sustainability began to develop a certification protocol for the campus’ cosmetology program to become Green Circle certified. This third-party certification ...
- 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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Project Delta
- University of Texas at El Paso (TX)
- Engineers for a Sustainable World (CO)
Project Delta was created by ESW-UTEP to evaluate and enhance The University of Texas at El Paso's (UTEP's) current recycling system. This project is expected to be finalized ...
- Posted May 21, 2018
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Improving office recycling
- Raritan Valley Community College (NJ)
Every semester, the Environmental Science and Sustainability (ENVI201) class studies recycling on campus and comes up with ideas for improvements. Student Deidre Supple had the idea of improving recycling in ...
- Posted May 18, 2018
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Renewable Energy for Campus Facilites Services
- Black Hills State University (SD)
Demonstrating the effectiveness of the use of renewable energy at low costs in campus facilities services vehicles will help Black Hills State University reach its carbon and waste reduction goals ...
- Posted May 17, 2018
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UC Merced's 1st Annual Earth Month Celebration
- University of California, Merced (CA)
Earth Month was an opportunity for UC Merced organizations and departments as well as Merced Community members to come together in an effort to increase student engagement with our campus ...
- Posted May 17, 2018
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Dismantling a local School to Prison Pipeline with Education for Sustainable Development
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
UTRGV’s collaboration with an alternative school and its subsequent integration of education for sustainable development has been transformative for the country’s most vulnerable and marginalized youth.
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- Posted May 17, 2018
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Michigan Tech Sustainability Demonstration House
- Michigan Technological University (MI)
The goal of Sustainability Demonstration House (SDH) project is to retrofit the former University President’s residence, built in 1953, titled the Kettle-Gundlach Building into a sustainability demonstration house. The ...
- Posted May 11, 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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Northwestern Promotes Recycling during Earth Month
- Northwestern University (IL)
Northwestern University celebrates Earth Month throughout April. One of the highlights of the month is Mount Trashmore, and event that calls attention to the amount of waste generated on campus ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Progress toward 90% waste diversion goal
- Olds College (AB)
- Bow Valley College (AB)
Bow Valley College has come a long way in terms of waste management in the past four years. In 2014, our waste diversion rate was 19%. In 2018, our diversion ...
- Posted April 25, 2018
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Waste Reduction Twister at Elon University
- Elon University (NC)
Elon student and Eco-Rep Tori Ippolito created a twister game which focuses on waste reduction. The spinner indicates different types of materials found on campus, with a guide to indicate ...
- Posted April 25, 2018
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Clothing Swap at UW-Madison
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)
Office of Sustainability intern Katie Piel and Outreach Director for the Associated Students of Madison (ASM) Sustainability Committee, Madalynne Bridge, hold piles of clothing donated for the ASM Clothing Swap ...
- Posted April 25, 2018
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AUC EarthWeek 2018: “Collaborate, Create, Cultivate": Growing Green Culture at AUC”
- American University in Cairo (Cairo)
All Week: - RISE Greenhouse and Aquaponics Display - Description: Have you always wanted to have a green thumb? Come check out what AUC’s brilliant growers at RISE have been cultivating ...
- Posted April 24, 2018
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University of Vermont Eco-Reps "Curb Your Consumerism" Campaign
- University of Vermont (VT)
While the consumption of goods and services is a crucial component of modern economic systems, the culture of consumerism contributes to waste, resource depletion, pollution, and social and economic inequities ...
- Posted April 23, 2018
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Mission Zero Waste with Waste Management
- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Central Office (NJ)
- AASHE (PA)
- Waste Management (TX)
In this free, one-hour webinar, you will hear about Waste Management's Think Green ® Campus Model, a comprehensive framework to help universities improve diversion, drive toward zero waste, and make ...
- Posted April 3, 2018
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Putting “Reduce” to Work: Getting Rid of Plastic Bags on Michigan State University’s Campus
- Michigan State University (MI)
In order to mitigate the effects of plastic bags on the environment and to fulfill Michigan State University's commitment to sustainability, we pioneered a two part initiative to reduce ...
- Posted March 19, 2018
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AASHE Award Winner Series - Composting, Recycling and Turning Trash Into Cash
- Austin Community College (TX)
- University of San Diego (CA)
- AASHE (PA)
Andy Kim, Director, Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability and Darien Clary, Sustainability Coordinator, Austin Community College District (Winner of AASHE 2014 Best Case Study from an Associate College with 5,000 ...
- Posted March 12, 2018
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SCORE! A free-cycling event at the University of Alberta – Augustana Campus
- University of Alberta (AB)
SCORE! is… A pop-up swap. A store where everything is free. A community marketplace of reciprocity. A redistribution of goods. Alternative economics. A party!! SCORE! is all of the above ...
- Posted Jan. 25, 2018
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CURC Campus Recycling & Materials Management Survey
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
The College and University Recycling Coalition (CURC) is conducting a national survey to document recycling and sustainable materials management (SMM) trends and practices at North American colleges and universities. The ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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CURC Campus Recycling Workshop
- Keep America Beautiful (CT)
Join recycling and sustainability colleagues from campuses across the US and Canada for the annual CURC Workshop. This year's workshop will be hosted by the University of the Incarnate ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC) Membership Meeting
- University of South Carolina (SC)
Members and non-members alike are invited to join this annual CURC membership meeting. Board members will provide organizational updates, discuss current projects and share opportunities to get involved. The meeting ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Diversion Drama: A Waste Study in Residence Halls
- Skidmore College (NY)
This spring the Skidmore Sustainability Office launched a waste study for four residence halls, which house a fourth of the on-campus student population. Preliminary waste assessments indicated that 50-60% of ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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RightCycle: Comprehensive Recycling System at Arizona State University
- Arizona State University (AZ)
Although many products are potentially eligible for recycling, a countless number of recyclable products is being thrown away in trash bins in which ends up in landfills. There are abundant ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Year of Devotion, Thought and Photographs: A Recycling Blog
- Brigham Young University (UT)
This poster seeks to engage attendees in the whys of recycling, the motivations behind sustainability efforts, and the internal and external results of a devotion to stewardship. Utilizing posts on ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Let's Talk Trash and Recycling: How to Build a Comprehensive View of Campus Waste Management and Diversion Efforts
- Lehigh University (PA)
Developing a comprehensive waste management plan, policy, and data tracking system can be a daunting, yet rewarding task for an institution. These materials not only provide information on existing campus ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Stop Recycling? Stop Composting? The hard choices when doing the right thing for People, Profit, and Planet.
- Cornell University (NY)
Engaged students, faculty, and staff are eager to recycle and compost all they can! But what happens after material goes in the recycle or compost bin? Collaboration with campus partners ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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