Food Waste Reduction

Clemson University

2022 – Organics Recovery program began as a student initiative and has expanded into a multi-departmental effort to capture organic waste from dining halls, sports arenas, academic buildings, and student housing.

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

2021 – Riverwalk Composting Pilot Program is a student‐led initiative focused on empowering residents at Riverwalk Apartments to compost their food waste.

Kent State University at Kent

2021 – Supports campus and community during times of food insecurity and diverts food waste during the Covid‐19 pandemic.

Lehigh University

2021 – Pilots a pre‐consumer composting program in one of their campus dining facilities.

University of California-Irvine

2021 – Focuses on the various stages of their food waste reduction program and the campus food waste to biofuels program in the post‐consumer process.

University of Richmond

2021 – Composts 54 tons of food related waste in the first five months of its compost pilot program.

The University of Texas at Dallas

2020 – A comprehensive analysis of actions to improve its food waste diversion program on campus.

Rider University

2020 – Working with Gourmet Dining, uses the RecycleMania competition as a platform to educate the campus community about food and water waste reduction as well as landfill diversion opportunities.

University of Connecticut

2020 – The Food to Fuel program provides students opportunities to create healthy and sustainable lives.

University of Albany

2018 – Reducing food waste on University at Albany Uptown College campus.