Zero Waste Research Center & Plastic Disclosure Project

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Project Basics

Project Sponsor: Campus Recycling and Refuse Services &
Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC)

Awarded: $19,100

Grant Awarded: Spring 2012

Project Status: Complete

Project Description 

This grant will fund five student interns charged with running a Zero Waste Research Center and Plastic Disclosure Project to address the issues surrounding upstream waste that currently prevent UC Berkeley from attaining its zero waste goal.

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