Sept. 12, 2025
Event planners can save time, money and effort by renting materials instead of buying new ones. Support ASU’s sustainability goals by choosing reusable items and compostable materials for your university events.
Check out these resources to find reusable decorations, dining ware, equipment and more:
As microplastics are being discovered in uninhabited wilderness areas and even the human brain, Arizona State University is taking action to reduce its plastic footprint.
Americans send about 66.2 million tons of food waste to landfills annually. Once buried under garbage, food waste can’t get oxygen to break down properly. Instead, it releases methane, a greenhouse gas that’s 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Rotting food makes up 58% of all landfill methane.
Many Sun Devils have joined the Office Compost Program to reduce these negative environmental impacts. Now they have a new tool.
All ASU departments can now participate in the Reusable K-Cup® Program. This follows a successful 2024 pilot in the University Services Building with over 300 employees on the Tempe campus.
View the Reusable K-Cup Checklist to learn more about implementing the program in your work area. Submit a Reusable K-Cup Program interest form to get started.
ASU takes bold steps to create a greener future. Departments like Procurement, University Sustainability Practices and Zero Waste regularly collaborate to reduce waste, encourage reuse and promote the university’s sustainability goals.
Aug. 1, 2025
Printing causes significant environmental impacts, from deforestation and carbon emissions to chemical pollution and e-waste. In 2008, ASU partnered with Canon to mitigate those impacts in its print services.
Launched in June 2018, the ASU Carbon Project purchases and generates offsets for difficult-to-mitigate ASU carbon emissions. The ASU Carbon Project is funded, in part, by the price on carbon for all ASU-sponsored air travel.
The project objectives are:
Tier Two loans are medium-scale, capital-improvement initiatives that return a project’s costs to SIRF within six years or less. The loans are ideal for departments upgrading or renovating space to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.