Penn Green Campus Partnership invites the Penn Community to come together for its annual ReThink Your Footprint campaign, October 16-20 to promote waste minimization efforts. ReThink Your Footprint raises awareness of already-established waste minimization programs and initiatives in this area, inspires students, staff and faculty to create new activities related to source reduction and recycling, and encourages everyone to rethink their footprint.

The goal of ReThink Your Footprint is to raise the level of conversation about waste management beyond solely recycling and into a broader discussion of source reduction and reuse—resulting in greater diversion of campus waste from the landfill. As a university, Penn has already made great strides in managing its trash, recycling and other waste, and this year we continue to build upon this work

Many University-wide waste minimization programs have already begun, and other scheduled events and initiatives will roll out as the campaign progresses. Students, staff, faculty and the larger community are invited to get involved by creating additional programs, planning activities, or coming together for educational events where reduce, reuse, recycle will be the focus. 

For events and more information, see Penn Green Campus Partnership.