Storing industrial waste has never been a pretty job, and it’s getting harder. New techniques for refining such metals as aluminum and vanadium, for example, also yield new byproducts that have to be sealed away …
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Project to evaluate how farmers markets benefit communities
A new project in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Farmer’s Market Coalition will analyze the impact of farmers markets in communities.
Office of Sustainability to conduct trash audits
July 8, 2014 | By Sarah Olson The Office of Sustainability and WE CONSERVE will begin a comprehensive assessment of academic building waste this summer with a series of trash audits at 15 academic buildings.
Memorial Union Phase I complete and sustainable
July 8, 2014 | by Rachel Feil Renovating a building as iconic and loved as the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Memorial Union poses a unique challenge.
Compost your food waste
Did you know that in 2012 alone, more than 36 million tons of food waste was generated, with only five percent diverted from landfills? Compost your food scraps instead. Compost collection sites are located in Lot …
Three new studies to take a look at angles related to Wisconsin water
Three new research projects, all based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will each take a look at a specific angle related to the state’s water supply and use, including one study specifically studying Madison’s water …
Use a reusable bottle
Did you know that 40 million plastic water bottles go into the trash everyday where they take up valuable landfill space and leak toxic chemicals? The UW now has a refillable bottle station in almost …
In the media: A new sustainability certificate will use the UW-Madison campus as a laboratory
For Cathy Middlecamp, placing academic disciplines in the context of sustainability comes naturally.Two years ago, Middlecamp decided to focus her introductory environmental studies course on issues specific to UW-Madison, using the campus as a living …
Student team wins international expo contest, goes green globally
An intercollegiate team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Purdue University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently won a competition to bring their urban agriculture project to Expo 2017 – known stateside as the World’s …
China Sustainable Urban Design Workshop underway
UW–Madison faculty, staff, and students are in China this week leading a workshop and business delegation focused on designing sustainable urban environments.