Waste Minimization
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Stories related to UMD's Waste Minimization Goals
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Backyard Climate Guard
Mar 03, 2023 -- Extension Experts: Climate-Resilient Gardening’s Just a Few Steps Away
![Poultry Waste Biochar (Photo by Edwin Remsberg)](/sites/default/files/styles/optimized/public/2023-04/Remsberg_22062560020-1920x1080.jpg?itok=p1oQfBNp)
$4.8M Grant Supports Sustainable Fertilizer Research
Feb 22, 2023 -- Ag Scientists Work to Explore Benefits of Transforming Poultry Waste
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UMD Study: Retailers Can Gain From Reducing Food Waste
Feb 06, 2023 -- Marketing Experts Name 5 Ways Grocery Sellers Can Improve the Supply Chain
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Six Ways Companies Can Drive Environmental, Social Change
Dec 09, 2022 -- Center for Social Value Creation Publishes an Extensive Report on Strategies for Driving Environmental and Social Value Creation
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A Period of Change
Nov 03, 2022 -- Alum’s Banana Fiber Menstrual Pads Offer Accessible Solution to Girls and Women in India
Terp to Terp Campus ReUse Store
Sep 01, 2022 -- UMD's DRL Shares Resources, Reduces Waste, and Encourages Community
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It’s All Good
Sep 20, 2021 -- How Terps Cooked Up Food Recovery Network 10 Years Ago and Grew It Into a Nationwide Hunger- and Waste-Fighting Force
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$6M in Grants Support Work to Create Biofuels, Bioplastics From Food Waste
Sep 01, 2021 -- UMD Researcher Seeks to Reduce Reliance on Fossil Fuels, Landfills
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UMD's Journey to Curbing Waste
Jan 21, 2021 -- How Terps Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Compost