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Field Trip: Columbia Landfill and Waste Processing

by Sustain Mizzou

Learning Service Social Sustain Mizzou - Field trip Sustainability Sustainability Week Zero Waste Week

Tue, Nov 4, 2025

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM CST (GMT-6)

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City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility

Columbia, MO

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As a sustainability advocate, you toss your plastic bottles in the recycling bin, but ever wonder what happens from there?

This small-group field trip will visit the City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility for a guided tour of the landfill, recycling facility, and bioreactor. The educational tour consists of an up-close look at the daily landfill operations, environmental control systems, composting, and recycling best practices. If you want a behind the scenes look at waste systems in action, this interactive tour is for you!

We will provide transportation from (and back to) the Student Center for registered participants. The shuttle will leave from the Hitt Street Visitor Lot (just on the North side of the Student Center) right at 1:30 PM.

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Zero Waste Week is a thematic series of programming on the topic of waste and waste reduction. From film screenings to field trips, speaker panels to campus clean-ups, Zero Waste Week provides students and the Mizzou community the opportunity to learn more about critical sustainability challenges while also actively working towards solutions.
Zero Waste Week is a collaboration between Sustain Mizzou, Campus Facilities, and the Center for Student Involvement and supported by a number of campus programs, schools, and departments.