Cut Costs with Sustainable Purchasing
Stanford’s new purchasing guidance helps departments save money while reducing waste through practical everyday actions.
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Advancing Green Chemistry: Industry Case Studies with Millipore Sigma
Apr 21 | 12pm–1pm
Join Green Chemistry experts from Millipore Sigma to learn about embodied carbon in the chemicals industry. Through real-world case studies, we will examine major sources …
Info Session: Making Your Funding Go Further
May 14 | 10am–11am
This session is helpful for employees who manage funds and make purchases for their team or department. This information session will highlight topics such as:
Fabrics of Consumption: Ethics and Sustainability of Fast Fashion
Apr 23 | 5pm–6:30pm
For the week of Earth Day, The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society invites you to Fabrics of Consumption: Ethics and Sustainability of Fast …
Compost the Cardinal Way
Do your part to reduce landfill waste and cast your food scraps into the compost.
Digging Deep Into Dumpster Data
We’re building our zero waste playbook—starting with the stats. By hand-sorting our trash, we’re uncovering strategic cuts to the landfill.
Less Plastic, More Impact: How Our Alumni Travel Program Is Reducing Single-Use Waste
Stanford Travel/Study, an educational travel program for alumni and friends of the university, is tackling plastic waste trip by trip.
Stanford’s Quiet Leap Towards Sustainable Waste Collection
New campus fueling station makes waste operations more efficient and sustainable.
Student-Led Community Fridge Grows into a Shared Campus Resource
What started as a pilot is now a campus staple supporting food access and waste reduction.
2025 Food Recovery, Wrapped To-Go
The numbers are in – learn about Stanford’s expanded efforts to reduce food waste.
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