Waste-Free Westminster

The Waste-Free Westminster initiative began when Rosanise Odell (Honors College ’18) decided to lead the initiative to move Westminster University towards a zero-waste future after touring a local waste facility and observing the wasteful lifestyles people lead. Odell's work has continued to impact the community through a variety of student-led initiatives on campus.

Waste-Free Workshops

Waste-free workshops are designed to educate the campus community about waste reduction. Students lead workshops on topics like zero-waste grocery shopping, repurposing household items, making your own low-waste products, and more. The Environmental Center’s Instagram lists events for upcoming workshops.

Westminster Thrift Collective

The Environmental Center hosts a student-run pop-up thrift store several times per semester, which allows Westminster students to shop for thrifted goods on campus. Donations of clothing and home goods are accepted in the Environmental Center office in the Bassis Center. 

Reusable Tableware Checkout

The Environmental Center offers free, reusable plates, cups, bowls, and silverware for events to help you skip disposables and reduce your event’s carbon footprint.

Request A Waste-Free Event Kit

Recycling on Campus

Westminster is committed to sustainability and making recycling easy for the campus community. Blue recycling bins are located on each floor of every building on campus. And, recycling is co-mingled, meaning plastic, paper, cardboard, and metals go in the same bin.

Glass cannot go into the blue bins, but glass recycling is available outside the northwest corner of Meldrum Science Center. To learn more about recycling, including what items are recyclable in Salt Lake City, visit the Salt Lake City government’s list of co-mingled recyclables.

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