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Waste

is just resources in the wrong place.

Collection Site

Sorting, Cleaning, Testing, Pricing

Selling it back at discount prices

A network of student leaders


across the country working toward
zero waste.

Solving Waste

How we can solve waste:

1.Individual Action
2.Regulation & Innovation
3.Hard-to-recycle Technologies
4.System Change

1. Individual Action

Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Refurbish
Compost
Repurpose

2. Regulation & Innovation


If it cant be reduced, reused,
repaired, rebuilt, refurbished,
refinished, resold, recycled, or
composted, then it should be
restricted, redesigned, or removed
from production.
-Berkeley Ecology Center

2. Regulation & Innovation


Reassessing our goals
(triple bottom line!)
Reinventing packaging
Redesigning products

Innovations in Packaging

Regulations in Packaging

Innovations in Product Design

3. Hard-to-Recycle Technology

Styrofoam
Furniture
Carpeting
Textiles
Electronics
Ceramics

4. System Change

Building infrastructure,
logistics, and demand for a
future without waste!

Waste Audit

College of the Atlantic, Maine

Composting Toilet

Leftover food vending machine

College of the Atlantic, Maine

Reusable Office Supply Exchange

University of Oregon

Student Run Thrift Store

Clark University, Massachusetts

Student Run Free Store

Earlham College, Indiana

Electronic Waste Collection Site

College of Charleston, South Carolina

Campus Wide Textile Recycling

Portland State University, Oregon

Size Specific Bins

American University, Washington DC

On-Campus Recycling Facility

Colorado University Boulder, Colorado

Campus Wide Compost

Ohio University, Ohio

Zero Waste Stadium

Ohio State University, Ohio

When the only solution is a


dumpster everything looks like
trash.

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