Take the pledge today! The Chancellor's Sustainability Challenge is a coordinated campus-wide effort to make significant progress towards reaching our goal of zero waste by 2020.
Zero Waste means:
making every effort to keep waste out of the landfill, by reusing, repairing, composting or recycling it instead. The concept of Zero Waste can also be defined in a “big picture” sense by making purchasing decisions that would prevent the production of waste in the future, such as buying a re-usable water bottle to avoid using disposable ones (even though they are recyclable). Learn more about the concept of zero waste at the Zero Waste International Alliance website.
Did You Know?
In 2012-13, the university sent 1,369 tons of waste to the landfill, down from 1,722 tons in 2010-11 and a 2,740 ton annual average from 2005-09.
UCSC has made tremendous progress but the university still has a long way to go to reach Zero Waste. |
| "I pledge to B.Y.O.U Bring Your Own Utensils for programs!!!" |
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| "I pledge to use my pants as a hand towel rather than using paper towels." |
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| "I pledge to bring my own reusable bags whenever I shop." |
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| "I pledge to bring my own containers to restaurants." |
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| "I pledge to eat all my food and to not throw any of it in the trash. And re-use my bottle. :)" |
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| "I pledge to not use plastic water bottles ANYMORE." |
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| "I pledge to ride my bike to campus and reduce my carbon footprint!" |
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| " I pledge to reduce the amount of waste I produce." |
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