Join us for CURC’s Virtual Vendor Showcase where you’ll discover an extensive array of cutting-edge zero waste solutions, top-notch service providers, and innovative developments aimed at transforming your campus into a beacon of sustainability. This online event connects zero waste solutions providers with higher ed customers by replacing the traditional in-person vendor expo format. This event offers a shared space dedicated for vendors to pitch their offerings to interested university and college staff members.
Participating Vendors
We recommend reviewing each vendor below. If they offer solutions that your higher ed organization needs, attend this event to learn more. Use the contact link to follow up directly with vendors before or after the event.
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As campuses host a large number of people on site each day, trash thrown in bins and daily food waste is likely to be a significant contributor. Therefore, investigating methods to reduce the volume of this trash, while recycling into usable resources is a sensible start – and one which could not only save the environment, but significant sums of money too!
At Advetec, we can empower you to reduce existing trash mass by 50% and volume by 70% in just 48 hours, stabilize waste so it will no longer produce methane, reduce CO2e emissions by 70%, and what’s more, waste will be converted into a coal replacement product known as Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) – which can be used in applications like cement kilns and aviation fuel.
ecgo is a mobile app that uses AI to educate and engage college students to recycle. With a snap of a picture, students receive your campus guidelines at their fingertips and earn gift cards and discounts to shops when they recycle correctly.
Free Food Alert democratizes the solution to food waste and hunger on campus through email alerts and mobile smartphone push notifications. University students, faculty, staff, and other community members can sign up for a Free Food Alert account in order to receive email and mobile smartphone push notifications when there is free food available on campus. Any user can then opt-in to become a free food giveaway host who sends out alerts at the end of their campus events. The tool empowers University administrators with data insights regarding trends in food waste and insecurity on campus. Together, we can remediate food waste and help curb hunger on campus -- Let's do it!
Oscar Sort is the world’s first AI Recycling Assistant, designed to help universities improve recycling accuracy up to 96%, increase waste diversion rates, and reduce environmental impact across campus.
How does it work? Simply show your item to Oscar, and it will guide you to the correct bin, making sustainability simple, engaging, and fun for students, staff, and visitors.
Oscar also transforms waste bins into interactive learning hubs, featuring customizable digital signage, videos, trivia, QR codes, and campus-specific messages to create meaningful engagement and drive sustainability education.
Over 24 universities, including MIT and ASU, use Oscar to drive zero waste and build a greener future.
Rethink surplus with iWasteNot's ReCap Sustainable Surplus Management system. This online platform is saving schools hundreds of thousands of dollars while achieving sustainability goals in reduction and reuse. Our robust platform and integrations automate workflows and robustly track and report a variety of metrics and KPIs.
Recyclopedia allows schools to provide both students and staff with comprehensive guidance on 'what to do with it when you're done with it', increasing diversion and reducing contamination.
Many schools are using our Student Reuse Portal 24/7/365 to mitigate move-out and encourage a culture of reuse among the student body with a safer alternative to commercial services such as Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist.
Osprey Initiative is an environmental solutions company based in Mobile, Alabama specializing in urban litter removal and recycling projects. Osprey provides support for residential and commercial pickup services, community drop-off stations, and special events. Our team can manage any mobilization, big or small. We have worked with Division One college stadiums and NASCAR racetracks, as well as municipalities and nonprofits. Osprey also designs customized recycling equipment such as sorting tables and reusable recycling bags.
The Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) empowers a global community of purchasers, suppliers, advocates, and experts to turn procurement into a powerful tool for sustainability. SPLC members gain access to cutting-edge programs that help build impactful, measurable sustainable purchasing strategies. Collaborate with peers, industry leaders, and experts to innovate, aggregate demand, and amplify your efforts. Let SPLC be your resource for advancing your institution’s sustainability goals through smart, responsible procurement.
WasteCap works with businesses and institutions throughout Wisconsin and beyond to reduce waste and increase recycling. Together, we have the power to get to zero waste, build sustainable futures, and stimulate local economies.
We do so through a comprehensive lens that considers purchasing, markets, infrastructure, policies, training, waste quantity tracking and waste quality audits that focus universities on their biggest potential gains: greatest diversion increase, greatest cost savings, and greatest environmental impact.
Event Format
The event is dedicated for providing space for CURC community members (college/university staff, faculty, and students) to connect with vendors (solutions providers). Members will hear offerings from vendors and voluntarily connect with those who offer services/products to fit their institution’s needs.
:00 – :05 Introduction
:06 – :16 Advetec
:17 – :27 iWasteNot Systems
:28 – :38 ECGO
:49 – :59 Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council
