by Marcus Wade | 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 Jailyn Bloodworth | Nov 12, 2025 | Consumer Engagement, College Campus, Contamination, Contamination Prevention, Data Collection, Data Management, Innovation, PET, Recycling, Recycling Data, Recycling Stream, rPET, Sustainability
When Waste Wise Innovation first partnered with the University of South Carolina Upstate, both organizations shared a vision of a cleaner, smarter, and circular campus recycling system. As the pilot progresses, that vision is being explored through on-campus...
by Jailyn Bloodworth | 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...
by Dan Trujillo | Jul 7, 2025 | Contamination Prevention, Consumer Engagement, Data Collection, Recycling, Recycling Stream
Recycling isn’t just a checkbox on the sustainability to-do list; it’s a vital action that can reshape our planet’s future. There may be recycling bins on every corner, but participation remains inconsistent, contamination is too high, and valuable materials often...
