Kristy Jones

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Plastics Reduction Partner Awardees

The National Wildlife Federation, in partnership with the Campus Race to Zero Waste Program, is excited to award Bard College in New York and California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, the Plastics … Read more

Announcing Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom College and University Grant Program

National Wildlife Federation and Mutual of Omaha are excited to announce the 2023-2024 Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom College and University Grant Program. America’s experience with cherished landscapes and wildlife … Read more

Campus Race to Zero Waste 2023 Best Practices

Campuses across the U.S. divert waste from the landfill through move-out collections, distribute reusable to-go containers in campus dining halls, and recover food waste for use in the community. These … Read more

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Fighting Plastic Pollution Through Community

The plastic pollution crisis is an ever-growing problem that affects wildlife, humans, and the physical environments around us on a multitude of levels. Each year more plastic is produced and … Read more

Boston College

2023 Campus Race to Zero Waste Winners: Diverting Waste from Landfills

Participants in the 2023 Campus Race to Zero Waste divert more than 29.4 million pounds of waste from the landfill through donation, composting, and recycling efforts. 3.4 million college students, … Read more

Campus Waste Minimization: Strategies From the 2022 Campus Race to Zero Waste

Despite the challenges colleges and universities faced this year due to the pandemic, campuses were committed to relaunching and strengthening initiatives to engage students, faculty, and staff in advancing waste … Read more

Students at 2022 Campus Race to Zero Waste

Participants in the 2022 Campus Race to Zero Waste divert more than 27.9 million pounds of waste from the landfill through donation, composting, and recycling efforts.

3.6 million college students, faculty and staff across 200 college campuses kept more than 200 million single-use plastic containers out of the landfill. The National Wildlife Federation and RecycleMania Inc. … Read more

Campus Race to Zero Race highlights many different ways to practice sustainability on-campus.

How College Campuses got Creative Reducing Waste in 2021

Each year the Campus Race to Zero Waste (formerly RecycleMania) program calls for best practice case studies from campuses across the U.S. and Canada to showcase programs and strategies in … Read more

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U.S. Colleges and Universities Are Making a Positive Impact on Climate through Waste Minimization Efforts

Today over 1,100 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada have participated in the Campus Race to Zero Waste program. Campus Race to Zero Waste has diverted close to … Read more

Campus Race to Zero Waste 2021 Final Results: Colleges and Universities keep 230 million plastic containers out of the landfill

Despite the challenging 2020-2021 academic year, more than 200 U.S. colleges and universities reduced their waste footprint through minimization efforts, reuse, donation, and recycling.  During the 2021 Campus Race to … Read more

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