The UW is celebrated for its trees, but now they can do more than just make the UW beautiful. With the Salvage Wood Program, campus trees can become building material and even help...

Hi everyone, my name is Noah Babai. I am a Junior in Visual Communication Design with a minor in Data Science. I am excited to use my skills as a graphic designer to support UW Sustainability and make a difference on campus. As a student, I know it can often feel hard to be sustainable, which is why I am happy to help others learn about the resources on campus that can support them. I am also the Engagement Editor at The Daily UW, which has given me a platform to help students better understand the community they live in, and I hope to do that through UW Sustainability as well. Outside of...

The University of Washington has won the Campus Race to Zero Waste 2026 Case Study Competition in the Education and Awareness category. 

Campus Race to Zero Waste is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities.

Each year from February through March, UW Recycling coordinates a campaign during the national Campus Race to Zero Waste competition. This year, UW Recycling...

The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) is seeking two UW undergraduate students to join its eight-person committee. These will be member seats for a two-year term, including the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 academic years.

This is an opportunity for to participate in project review, grant making, and join a justice-centered sustainability community. The CSF welcome applicants from all disciplines. Each committee member is expected to work 20-25 hours of professional service per quarter (Fall,...

The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) has opened the application cycles for Large (over $5,000) and Mini Grants (up to $5,000). These grants are available to students at the UW's Seattle campus, enabling students to build essential skills and drive meaningful change on campus and beyond.

The CSF empowers UW students through various grants and the grantmaking process, providing resources and guidance to lead justice-centered sustainability projects. These grants enable students to build essential skills and drive meaningful change on campus and beyond. Funding decisions are made by...

It's football season, and UW Transportation Services is again making it easy to bike to Husky games by providing a free bike valet service.

The bike valet is on Rainier Vista, just off the Burke-Gilman trail and close to Husky Stadium. You can drop your bike off anytime starting two hours before kickoff, and pick up in the hour after the game ends. 

Learn more and find locations

You can also learn about public transportation options at...

UW Sustainability is hiring a Green Labs Program Manager. This full-time staff position is responsible for building and implementing the new program around the following core focus areas: energy efficiency, water conservation, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, waste minimization, and sustainable purchasing. Using other university and institutional green labs program as a model, the Green Labs Program Manager will develop program offerings, incentives, green lab website resources and content, create toolkits, and more. This position will measure and analyze Green Labs Program success,...

The National Laboratory of the Rockies is hosting a collegiate Technology Recycling and Repurposing (T-ReX) Competition, challenging students to find creative yet practical ways to recycle or repurpose retired energy components and materials. Student teams interested in competing must apply by September 30, 2026.

The competition is designed to increase student awareness and knowledge about:

• Practical solutions that help communities and project owners meet the challenges of retiring...

The Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) will be hosted by the Evergreen State College in Olympia on March 3-5, 2027. The conference is now accepting proposals for program content, speakers and sessions.

The 2027 conference theme is "The Future Starts Now: From Action to Sustainable Impact." Proposals will be accepted until October 16, 2026. See the details below or as a PDF.

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There are plenty of common questions that come up when talking to new Huskies on campus. UW Recycling is here to provide some answers.