Campus-wide waste visibility for modern institutions.
WATS helps colleges and universities manage waste like essential infrastructure: delivering campus-level transparency, diversion performance tracking, and defensible sustainability reporting.
Automated data across buildings and vendors
Diversion tracking by campus, department, or facility
Actionable insights to reduce cost and improve performance
Campus waste is decentralized and highly visible.
Universities operate like small cities.
• Academic buildings
• Residence halls
• Dining facilities
• Athletics
• Events
• Third-party food vendors
Waste volume and composition vary across campus, and data is rarely centralized.
Institutions face increasing pressure:
• Public sustainability commitments
• Zero waste goals
• Student activism
• Board and donor scrutiny
• STARS and ESG Reporting
Waste data often lives in invoices, spreadsheets, and disconnected vendor reports.
Problems We Solve
No Single Source of Truth
Facilities, dining, athletics, and sustainability teams operate independently, and sharing performance visibility is challenging.Inconsistent Diversion Reporting
Vendor data varies by location and service type, making campus-wide reporting manual and error-prone.Limited Insight Into Dining & Events
High-volume areas like dining halls and athletics generate significant waste, but performance isn’t consistently measured.Service Inefficiencies
Pickup frequency and container sizes are often “set it and forget it” but money is lost when containers are not filled and serviced efficiently. Reporting Burden Sustainability teams spend valuable time consolidating data for reports and disclosures.
How WATS Works for Universities
Waste becomes measurable at the scale of your campus.
We Collect the Data
Invoices, service levels, diversion reports across campus facilities and vendors.We Standardize It
Consistent structure across academic buildings, residence halls, dining, and athletics.We Surface Insights
Diversion rates by facility type, dining and athletics performance, service inefficiencies, contamination trends, and cost per student or per square foot.You Improve Performance
Optimize service levels. Strengthen vendor oversight. Support zero waste goals. Deliver credible sustainability reporting.
Built for Higher Education Environments
WATS supports:
• Campus-wide diversion tracking and transparency
• STARS and sustainability reporting
• Zero waste initiative measurement
• Dining and athletics waste performance
• Seasonal service optimization
• Executive and board-level reporting
What Institutions Achieve with WATS
Waste becomes part of institutional strategy, not just facilities management.
Identify hot spots to increase diversion rates
Reduce service inefficiencies
Establish stronger sustainability credibility
Achieve faster reporting cycles
Boost campus-wide visibility & transparency
