by Waste Wise Team | Dec 4, 2025 | Aluminum, Chain of Custody, College Campus, Colleges, Consumer Engagement, Contamination, Contamination Prevention, Data Collection, PET, Recycling, Recycling Data, Recycling Stream, rPET, Sustainability, Venues
Introduction: The Quality Crisis in Institutional Recycling If you manage recycling programs at a university, corporate campus, sports venue, or entertainment facility, you already know the challenge: contamination. Despite good intentions, 25-35% of material placed...
by Waste Wise Team | Dec 2, 2025 | Chain of Custody, College Campus, Colleges, Consumer Engagement, Contamination, Contamination Prevention, Data Collection, Data Management, Innovation, Listening, PET, Recycling, Recycling Data, Recycling Stream, rPET, Stakeholders, Sustainability, Venues
If you ask most people, they’ll tell you they recycle. They place bottles and cups in the recycling bin and assume those materials are getting a second life. Reality is more complicated. Across campuses, stadiums, offices, and cities, 30–50% of what enters a recycling...
by Waste Wise Team | Oct 3, 2025 | Consumer Engagement, Colleges, Contamination, Contamination Prevention, Data Collection, Data Management, Innovation, PET, Recycling, Recycling Data, Recycling Stream, rPET, Sustainability
Waste Wise Innovation (WWI) is proud to partner with the University of South Carolina Upstate to launch a groundbreaking pilot program that will bring smart, data-driven recycling to campus. Through this initiative, USC Upstate is deploying Topper Stopper™ smart...
