Waste Diversion in University Village

Project Basics

Project Sponsor: University Village

Awarded: $29,997

Grant Awarded: Spring 2018

Project Status: Complete

Project Description 

University Village will remedy the mismatch in messaging around the Zero Waste goal and public waste infrastructure by using TGIF funds to replace single-bin trash cans in the Village’s public spaces with three-compartment Max-R bins. These bins, which have prominent visual signage for each compartment and thus have high collective visual impact, will serve as a launch point for renewed and sustained educational outreach to improve waste separation and diversion.

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