PLAN Releases 2025 Top 10 Zero Waste Campuses
The Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN) recently released its 2025 list of Top 10 Zero Waste Campuses in the U.S., as assessed by PLAN’s Atlas Zero Waste Certification Program. Atlas is a holistic assessment framework for measuring waste reduction on college and university campuses.
Harvard U Releases Zero Waste Plan
Accelerating a Zero Waste Future: A Framework for Waste Stewardship is the university's inaugural zero waste plan. The plan outlines guiding objectives and actionable strategies and includes toolkits and templates for units across campus to implement waste reduction measures.
Elon U Publishes Sustainability Master Plan
The recently published 10-year plan includes eight goals and at least one strategy for each. Goals target academics, dining, engagement, facilities, purchasing, technology, transportation and waste. A public website will display progress on the plan’s goals and strategies.
College of the Atlantic Eliminates All Disposable Plasticware
The college's new reusable to-go program includes stainless steel containers, mugs and sporks, replacing an estimated 50,000 pieces of disposable plastic. The college signed Post-Landfill Action Network's Break Free From Plastics pledge in 2019. The program is supported by grant funding from the Marine Debris Foundation.
Loyola U Chicago Conducts Multi-Campus Waste Audit
In advance of a waste reduction and diversion planning effort, Loyola University Chicago contracted a vendor, the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, to conduct a multi-campus waste characterization audit. In total over 4,000 lbs of materials across 10 activity zones was categorized into one of 33 categories. This effort helps identify areas for improvement but also set a baseline and inform potential reduction and diversion targets.
