This project examined WPI’s waste management practices and identified the structural weaknesses in the system of waste actors that prevent efficiency and sustainability. Additionally, this project contributed to the development of a waste certification, the SWEEP+ Standard for campuses. In this process, the project determined steps that WPI needs to take to improve its waste management systems and become a SWEEP+ Standard pilot member. Through the creation of a collaborative Waste Task Force and an interdisciplinary institute for sustainability, WPI can greatly advance its strides to become a living laboratory for waste innovation.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Giesso, Sol

Subject

• Innovation
• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 115289
• E-project-121523-153345

Keyword

• WPI
• SWEEP
• certification
• waste
• recycling
• food waste

Advisor

• Strauss, Sarah
• Foo, Katherine

Year

• 2023

Sponsor

• Rob Watson
• Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Performance (SWEEP)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
• 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Date created

• 2023-12-15

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Environmental Engineering

Source

• E-project-121523-153345

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2024-02-07