Reduce Waste

95% of plastics don't get recycled–even if you throw them in the blue bin! Instead, most single-use plastics end up in our oceans and landfills. Each time you choose to reuse, one less container goes to landfill.

Avoid Emissions

The production of single-use containers, even compostable ones, is a resource-intensive process. Each time you reuse, one less container needs to be manufactured, shipped overseas, and delivered to your campus.

Save Water

Yes, reuse requires washing. However, this sanitization process uses less water than is required for the production of a new single-use container.

Assists in Accomplishing UNL Sustainability Goals

Aspirational Goal: Create a culture that strives for zero-waste and materials management through a circular economy.

Long Term Objectives

• Become a zero-waste campus by 2030 from non-research enterprises.
• Develop integrated procurement and waste management policies that apply a waste hierarchy across all resource streams – material source, waste avoidance, reduction, re-use, recycling, and disposal by 2025.