--- title: "Waste Reduction: Solutions for You, Your Community, Your World" description: "Waste Reduction: Solutions for You, Your Community, Your World" image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_014-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-37-PM.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Waste Reduction: Solutions for You, Your Community, Your World Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on October 18, 2022 at 7:30 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) This afternoon, Dean of [Health and Natural Sciences](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/academic-schools/school-health-and-natural-sciences) Dr. Jennifer Hanselman introduced the panelists for today a discussion entitled, Waste Reduction: Solutions for You, Your Community, Your World, as part of Fitchburg State University's  Massachusetts STEM Week 2022celebration. Panelists were, Rodney Clara of [Tough Stuff ](https://toughstuffrecycling.com/)[Recycling](https://toughstuffrecycling.com/), Leah Fernandes of [Environmental Health Safety and Risk Management](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/about/campus-planning-and-policies/environmental-health-safety-and-risk-management), Fitchburg State University, John Fischer of [Mass. Department of Environmental Protection](https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-department-of-environmental-protection), and Abbie Webb of [Casella Waste](https://www.casella.com/casella). Akua Serebou ’23 [(Biology major](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/programs/biology-babs)/Health Science concentration and [Chemistry minor](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/programs/chemistry-minor)) served as Moderator. ![Image_003-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-39-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_003-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-39-PM.jpg?width=2693&height=1557&name=Image_003-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-39-PM.jpg) ![Image_001-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-21-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_001-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-21-PM.jpg?width=2534&height=1655&name=Image_001-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-21-PM.jpg) ![Image_006-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-36-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_006-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-36-PM.jpg?width=2571&height=1630&name=Image_006-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-36-PM.jpg) ![Image_005-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-07-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_005-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-07-PM.jpg?width=1822&height=2301&name=Image_005-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-07-PM.jpg) ![Image_008-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-42-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_008-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-42-PM.jpg?width=1699&height=2467&name=Image_008-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-42-PM.jpg) ![Image_010-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-19-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_010-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-19-PM.jpg?width=1706&height=2458&name=Image_010-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-19-PM.jpg) ![Image_012-Oct-19-2022-12-45-58-91-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_012-Oct-19-2022-12-45-58-91-PM.jpg?width=1680&height=2495&name=Image_012-Oct-19-2022-12-45-58-91-PM.jpg) ![Image_014-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-37-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_014-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-37-PM.jpg?width=2486&height=1686&name=Image_014-Oct-19-2022-12-45-59-37-PM.jpg) Topics: [Events](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/events), [Our Students](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/our-students), [Programs and Majors](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/programs-and-majors), [Community](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/community), [Health and Natural Sciences](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/health-and-natural-sciences) ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic A-Z - 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