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Campus users respond to food waste survey
On August 4th, 2021, the Office of Sustainability informed campus users of changes to the UW–Madison food waste collection program. As part of the announcement, a survey was circulated to assess the thoughts, opinions, and …
Students complete campus zero waste assessment
During the Spring 2021 semester, five UW–Madison students joined the Zero Waste Atlas Fellowship program. Students performed interviews and gathered information from a variety of campus stakeholders to complete its first zero waste assessment. Scoring …
Compost changes: UW–Madison must overhaul food waste collection program
In recent years, UW–Madison maintained a successful campus food waste collection program. However, due to unforeseen circumstances the university must overhaul the program. Learn more below and please take our survey to help UW determine …
UW–Madison students join Zero Waste Atlas Fellowship
This spring, five UW–Madison students joined the Zero Waste Atlas Fellowship. The Zero Waste Atlas is a new scoring system and benchmarking tool to assess a university’s capacity to achieve its zero waste goals. Fellows …
Office of Sustainability student interns partner with Texas Woman’s University team to achieve Zero Waste
Interns Catie McDonald and Riley Collins collaborated with students, staff, and faculty at Texas Woman’s University to help make the 2020 Sci-Southwest Regional Symposium a zero-waste event, which means 90% or more waste was diverted …
New year, new certifications: Office of Sustainability interns continue to expand campus partnerships
In June 2020, the Office of Sustainability (OS) undergraduate intern program will welcome its newest cohort of undergraduate student employees. Alongside several veteran interns who are returning for a second year, the new interns will …
Earth Week 2019 Highlights Campus Partnerships and Opportunities
What does environmental injustice mean, and how does it manifest in Madison? How does one create an activist campaign to address climate change? Let’s say you tear your favorite jeans—how do you stitch them up …
Graduate Student Achieves Waste Sustainability By Way of Good Relationships
Emily Knipp spent the summer interning for the St. Paul Saints, a minor league baseball team that plays at the Greenest Ballpark in America—CHS Field in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her internship marked the final semester …
Several Hundred People, 11 Pounds of Trash: A Successful Zero Waste Pilot on Earth Day
“Zero waste”—it’s an idea that can feel slightly naïve in our consumerist culture. Nearly everything we do produces waste of some kind. And when large groups of people gather for an all-day event—say, hundreds of …