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Aspirational Goal: Create a culture that strives for zero-waste and materials management through a circular economy.
Long Term Objectives
Become a zero-waste campus by 2030 from non-research enterprises.
Develop integrated procurement and waste management policies that apply a waste hierarchy across all resource streams – material source, waste avoidance, reduction, re-use, recycling, and disposal by 2025.
Short Term Objectives
Reduce waste per capita by 50%.
Achieve a landfill waste diversion rate of 80% that includes deconstruction and construction waste.
Increase the number of zero-waste events by 25 per year for five years.
Develop and pilot a social marketing strategy for students to reduce move out waste by 25% through the use of recycling, repurposing, and reselling.
Create and implement a campus building waste reduction award.
Current Initiatives
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