Design Out Waste Strategy

The MIT Office of Sustainability's (MITOS) Design Out Waste Strategy seeks to eliminate waste at its source, moving away from a "take, make, waste" model toward a circular economy for MIT—one that minimizes its own resource consumption and waste generation; promotes research and innovation in circular design and systems; and educates students, faculty and staff on circular principles.  This document summarizes the strategy, provides grounding principles and highlights some of the resources that can be used by individuals, departments, labs, centers and schools for designing out waste at MIT.