The Office of Sustainability is pleased to share that in Fiscal Year 2024, the university diverted 27% of the total waste generated from landfill through recycling, composting, reuse, and donation. This represents a 7% increase in diversion from the previous year, marking an important step forward in GW’s pursuit of Zero Waste. This progress was made possible through the combined efforts of many university partners, with special thanks to Dining, Custodial, Grounds, and Transportation staff. Every individual involved in waste management made valuable contributions, and together, our efforts have achieved results worth celebrating.
Here’s how we got there:

• A dozen successful monthly trash meetings
• Numerous cardboard baler trainings with dining and custodial staff across the university
• New English/Spanish signage on all recycling and landfill compactors
• Biweekly dining walkthroughs
• New waste receptacles with compost disposal in District House
• Strategic reorganization of compactors on loading docks

We appreciate the ongoing commitment and collaboration that contributed to this achievement and look forward to continuing our efforts to improve GW’s waste diversion rate!