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Mission
Per the 2019-2020 AS Legal Code: "To aid UCSB in reaching its goal of Zero Waste by 2020 through a variety of measures that both directly and indirectly involve the UCSB campus and its surrounding community. To implement projects on campus aimed at promoting on-campus recycling and composting efforts as a means of maximizing the University's waste reduction efforts. To educate the UCSB campus and the surrounding community about sustainable waste management practices. To promote the purchasing of compostable and recycled products on the UCSB campus and in the surrounding community. To promote reduction, reuse, recycling and composting of all materials used on the UCSB campus and the surrounding community. To work closely with other Environmental Groups throughout the community in efforts to reduce the overall ecological footprint humans have on their local ecosystems and on the UCSB campus and surrounding communities specifically. To promote a zero waste lifestyle through events and improve waste infrastructure through careful project planning. The Zero Waste Committee is responsible for working closely with Associated Students Recycling, and the Department of Public Worms."

Membership Benefits
Members get a first-hand view of the sustainability infrastructure at UCSB, and they get hands-on experience in making real change on campus.