2021 – Hosts series promoting waste stream management education and provides resources regarding environmental justice and access to responsible waste management resources based on students’ needs.
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2021 – Riverwalk Composting Pilot Program is a student‐led initiative focused on empowering residents at Riverwalk Apartments to compost their food waste.
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2021 – Educates incoming first years on the environmental justice implications of waste, promote refusing waste to halt the cycle of production and consumption, and teach basic logistics of waste sorting on campus.
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2021 – Raises awareness of zero waste, food waste, and recycling virtually on social media during the pandemic.
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2021 – Hosts virtual focus groups during COVID, to gather information about the knowledge base on campus related to waste minimization and gain ideas on how to improve waste reduction and recycling efforts.
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2021 – Builds a coalition of students and sustainability‐oriented student organizations to promote waste minimization practices and increase recycling rates during the CR2ZW competition season and beyond.
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2021 – Social media education and awareness campaigns focused on waste reduction and avoidance best practices, with an emphasis on food waste and wasted food.
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2021 – Focuses on waste reduction and access to clean water through incentivizing reusable water bottles with the Fill It Forward app while also giving back to the global community.
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2021 – Engages staff and students working and studying both on campus and remotely using weekly feedback, themes, challenges, and activities throughout the competition to encourage waste reducing behaviors.
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2021 – Students were given pouches of biodegradable confetti composed of dried flowers as a plastic‐free alternative to help prevent plastic confetti litter on campus from graduation photo shoots.
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