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ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ's community of 40 000+ individuals produces mountains of waste each day – anything from food packaging, to chemical waste, to animal carcasses. This waste is disposed of through a multitude of different systems, all of which ensure that you never have to see the waste that you produce.

Following in the footsteps if the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Energy Project and the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Food Systems Project, the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Waste Project's overall goal is toÌý perform a systematic analysis of waste on campus. This analysis provides a "big picture" understanding of how waste management works on campus, building relationships, gathering information, conducting interviews and learning from expertise in order to paint a systematic picture.

With the information on hand and audit complete, the project group concerns themselves with going beyond what exists today, and looking towards what kind of systems, projects or tools can be used to improve waste management on campus for tomorrow.

Resources from the SPF are being used to provide stipends for direct project labour to conduct the waste systems audit, as well as design and support for their website.

The ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Waste Project aims to bring much needed visibility to the issue of waste at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ; researching waste systems and raising awareness through videos and infographics.Ìý They also create applied student research opportunities through partnerships with staff and faculty, to create new solutions for waste sustainability on campus.