by Dan Trujillo | 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 will 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% to 50% of what enters a...
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, connected, 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 is proud to partner with the University of South Carolina Upstate to launch a groundbreaking pilot program that will bring connected, data-driven recycling infrastructure to campus. Through this initiative, USC Upstate is deploying Material...
by Dr. Leotis Bloodworth | Jun 23, 2025 | Contamination, Contamination Prevention, Data Collection, Data Management, Innovation, Recycling, Recycling Data, Recycling Stream, Sustainability, Venues, Waste Management
Recycling is a cornerstone of sustainability efforts in public venues. Still, contamination of the recycling stream remains a persistent and costly challenge, particularly in stadiums, arenas, university campuses, corporate campuses, and busy municipal areas. Let’s...
by Dan Trujillo | Jun 11, 2025 | Contamination, Contamination Prevention, Data Collection, Innovation, PET, Recycling, Recycling Data, Recycling Stream, rPET, Sustainability, Waste Management
As organizations and communities strive for greater sustainability, connected recycling bins are transforming waste operations. By combining fill-level sensors, barcode scanning, and data analytics, these units reduce contamination at the source, eliminate overflow,...
by Jailyn Bloodworth | May 9, 2025 | Chain of Custody, Contamination, Contamination Prevention, Data Collection, Data Management, PET, Recycling, Recycling Data, Recycling Stream, rPET
Most plastic bottles and aluminum cans in the U.S. can be recycled, but many aren’t. The reason? Contamination and poor sorting prevent billions of food-grade containers from being turned back into new products. The Problem: Good Materials, Wasted Nationally, only...
