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SSC Projects

Since 2008, the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) has funded hundreds of sustainability projects across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Filter and search the SSC Project listing below to learn more about the initiatives the SSC has supported.

Title Semester Year Started Status Student Led? Categorysort descending Associated Project(s)
Student Farm for Local Food Production (2010) Spring 2010 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Student Farm
Sustainable Agricultural Food System - Juice Processing Spring 2017 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Agricultural Food System
Student Farm for Local Food Production Spring 2010 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Student Farm
Gadget Garage ADA Access Spring 2016 Closed No Food and Waste
(SAFS) Fermenting Foods for Education and Waste Reduction Spring 2016 Closed No Food and Waste
Krannert Center Recycling Project Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Increase Recycling Rates
A Campus Circular Economy Spring 2016 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Student Farm
Farm and Fiber Spring 2014 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Student Farm
Zero Waste Event at State Farm Center Fall 2013 Closed No Food and Waste Zero Waste Gameday Challenge Spring 2014
Campus Community Garden: Fostering Sustainable Food Production and Undergraduate Learning Spring 2014 Closed No Food and Waste Sustainable Food Practices
Automated Waste Sorting via Computer Vision & Robotics: A Feasibility Study Fall 2025 Closed No Food and Waste
Zero Waste Coordination Spring 2016 Closed No Food and Waste
Campus Contributions for Dump and Run Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Dump and Run
Illini Gadget Garage Spring 2015 Closed No Food and Waste Illini Gadget Garage [ARCHIVED]
Allerton Park Compost Toilet Spring 2015 Closed No Food and Waste
Food Compost Facility (Campus Compost Project) Spring 2012 Closed No Food and Waste Large-Scale Food Waste Composting
NCSR Composting Project Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Compost at National Soybean Research Center (NSRC) [ARCHIVED]
Myco-Cycling Spent Coffee Grounds into Food for Fungi Spring 2023 Closed Yes Food and Waste ReImagine Our Future
Circular Fashion Expo Spring 2025 Closed Yes Food and Waste
Game Day Challenge Spring 2016 Closed Yes Food and Waste
Single-use Plastics Reuse and Elimination Protocols Fall 2021 Closed No Food and Waste Reuse Surplus Goods and Valuable "Waste"
Improved Recycling at CEE Fall 2019 Closed No Food and Waste Increase Recycling Rates
Baseline Waste Characterization Spring 2015 Closed No Food and Waste
Agri Fiber Waste Labs & Sustainable Design Spring 2011 Closed No Food and Waste Reuse Surplus Goods and Valuable "Waste"
Towards Zero Waste: Classification via Spectroscopy Enabled Computer Vision at Campus Waste Transfer Station Fall 2023 Active No Food and Waste Increase Recycling through the WTS

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