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Serving Sustainability with NC State Volleyball

NC State Athletics’ Sustainable Wolfpack initiative teams up for sustainable win.
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‘Tis the Season for Sustainability

Try these 12 tips to kickstart sustainable holiday habits that can last all year long.
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Not Wasted: A New Purpose for Uniforms and Office Supplies

NC State has set a goal to divert 70 percent of waste from landfills: a pursuit that requires champions from across the campus identifying practical…
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Equity, Period.

As part of NC State’s Menstrual Equity Initiative, free menstrual product dispensers have been installed in restrooms across campus this fall. 

Rob Handfield Leading the Charge for Ethical Apparel

Rob Handfield and fellow NC State researchers have developed the Ethical Apparel Index to promote ethical, sustainable supplier factories worldwide.
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Go Plastic Free: Why and How

Be part of the solution to plastic pollution at NC State and beyond.

Field Trip to New Bern Paper Mill with Professor Meg Blanchard Sparks Interest in Soft Biodegradable Electronics Among Teachers, Graduate Students

High school science teachers and researchers from NC State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had an opportunity to gain firsthand experience with bio-based electronics during a field trip connected to two grant-funded projects involving Professor and University Faculty Scholar Meg Blanchard.

Wrapping Up A Plastic Problem

NC State now collects plastic film for recycling at select campus locations.

A Sustainable Future For Cotton

Industry experts in textile sustainability gathered for the Cotton and Sustainability Symposium hosted by the Wilson College of Textiles on Nov. 1
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This Lab Went Paperless And Saved $30,000

The $105 lab manual once required for a popular NC State biotechnology course is now history. Learn why.