waste reduction News Archive
Sustainability
Waste Watchers: Composition and contamination
March 18, 2024 —
The Office of Sustainability, in collaboration with Operations and Maintenance, is leading a waste composition study for the week of March 18. A team will be collecting a day’s worth of waste from a variety of high-traffic areas around the Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses and sorting through everything they find in our garbage, recycling and organics bins.
Textiles, e-waste and plastics, oh my!
October 12, 2023 —
Waste Reduction Week 2023 is Oct. 16 to 20, and the Office of Sustainability has some interactive events planned to help us all explore the themes of a circular economy.
Sustainability
Expanded waste streams coming to a hallway near you
June 1, 2023 —
UM is excited to announce the addition of new hallway waste bin infrastructure in 10 buildings at the Fort Garry Campus.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Cattle Country: Closing the loop: The role of food waste in a circular bioeconomy
December 1, 2022 —
The following article was written by Peter Frohlich, National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE), University of Manitoba. It was originally published in Cattle Country in December 2022.
Sustainability
12 Days of Sustainable Giving Returns
November 24, 2022 —
The holiday season is quickly approaching; the Office of Sustainability shares twelve suggestions to have a climate-friendly, zero waste holiday.
Sustainability
Bin it to Win it this Waste Reduction Week
October 14, 2022 —
Waste Reduction Week is back! UM is participating in Waste Reduction Week by hosting a variety of events on campus and sharing helpful tips on Instagram to help you reduce waste at home.