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Recycling, Compost & Zero Waste
At Pitt, we’re keeping more materials out of landfills. In fiscal year 2024, we diverted 49% of materials to recycling or reuse. While the University doesn’t have a formal zero waste goal, more of our campus community is adopting a zero waste mindset.
Green Up Your Space
Discover simple ways to make your space more sustainable, on campus or at home. Earning a Pitt Green designation is easy, and you’ll join our growing community.
News
2026 Pitt Sustainability Award Nominations Are Open
Nominations for the Pitt Sustainability Awards are being accepted through Monday, February 16.
2026 Summer Research in Sustainability: Apply by February 18
The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation is pleased to announce that the application is now open for our Sustainability Summer Research Program.
This Alum-Founded Startup is Turning Campus Food Waste into Fertilizer
Walk by Posvar Hall on Roberto Clemente Drive, and you might spy a green Ecotone Renewables shipping container that’s home to some of Pitt’s hardest-working employees: microbes that every day are turning food scraps into fertilizer.