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Sustainability

MiniMax bins in a hallway
• Lindsey Boisvin

We’ve all seen them: the green and black bins, tucked away under desks, waiting to be filled with recyclables and garbage.

Colleagues chat over snacks at the Sustainability Leadership Celebration.
• Lindsey Boisvin

To recognize the efforts of the University of Washington campus community, UW Sustainability put together the Sustainability Leadership Celebration on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Campus sustainability leaders, including many from Facilities Services, met in Odegaard Undergraduate Library to commemorate working toward the University’s sustainability goals.

Bike blender smoothies
• Lindsey Boisvin

Facilities’ own UW Recycling, Emergency Management and Transportation Services, alongside UW Sustainability, took to the bricks to participate in the UW Dawg Daze Student Activities Fair.

Ponderosa Pine slabs in lumbermill
• Lindsey Boisvin

When tree removal is necessary on campus, one of the best ways to use the wood is to make it into something new. Under Grounds Management’s wing, campus trees take on new life through the salvage wood program.