SU joined over 80 colleges and universities across the country in a competition to reduce the campus waste footprint through minimization efforts by donating, composting, and recycling more than 30.7 million pounds of waste. As a result, collectively, we have kept more than 105 million single-use plastic containers out of landfills and prevented the release of 23,174 metric tons equivalent of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, equal to avoiding the annual emissions from 5,515 cars.
SU 2024 Highlights: We Continue to be a Leader in Waste-Reduction Efforts!
Learn more about Seattle University’s waste minimization efforts at SU Composting and Recycling.
For more details about the results of the 2024 Campus Race to Zero Waste Competition, please visit the 2024 Scoreboard.
Campus Race to Zero Waste (formerly Recyclemania) is an 8-week recycling competition happening January 29-March 25 2024 between colleges and universities across North America. Colleges and Universities compete to see how well they are doing in their waste reduction efforts and gauge how they compare to other institutions!
We will post our weekly ranking on this page, so STAY TUNED for competition updates!
When: February 6th, 11am-12:15pm
Where: Garrand 114
Description: Interested in how to properly sort your waste? Join us in educating the campus community and bringing awareness to proper waste disposal. We will discuss the disposal stream accepted in King County/Seattle (and special streams at SU), where they need to be discarded and answer any lingering questions of what goes where.
When: February 21st, 9am-1pm
Where: Bell Turn Around
Description: THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY RECYCLING DAY IS BACK. Have too much "stuff" at home? Get your spring cleaning done early and bring in your dorm, home, or office recyclables to SU’s Community Recycling Day for FREE recycling and donation! Sign up to volunteer here. View and download event flyer here.
When: March 6th, 9am
Where: Library Plaza
Description: Pull up your sleeves and join us to find out how much waste and recyclables SU generates per day. Sign up to volunteer here.
When: March 27th, All day
Where: Res halls and STCN
Description: Do you have textbooks that you no longer use? Donate them to a book donation bin near the resident halls and student center. Books collected will be donated to Books to Prisoners- a Seattle nonprofit. View and download flyer here.
Visit the official Campus Race to Zero Waste website at https://campusracetozerowaste.org/.
Questions about SU’s Recycling Department and the programs we offer? Email Nathan Wolk or visit https://www.seattleu.edu/cejs/campus-sustainability/compost--recycling/
Spread the word: use the following media kit materials and hang them around in your office, SU kitchen, dorms, bulletin boards... and send on to everyone you know:
