Students for Zero Waste Conference | Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN)

PLAN’s Students for Zero Waste Conference brings together students, staff, industry innovators, activists, and community members from across the country each Fall. Since 2014, SZW has served as a space for community-building and solution sharing to push the movement forward. It prioritizes “walking the walk” of Zero Waste and centering the needs of those most impacted by the Waste Crisis and systems of oppression. View the 2022 Program to learn more about what an SZW looks like.

5 photos from SZW side-by-side: a group working at a sewing machine; a full staff and volunteer photo, a single speaker, a group outdoors, and two people smiling and talking.

2019 SZW group photo outdoors in Philly.

Students crowded around a table at a crafting/repair fair.

Students listening to a speaker outdoors.

Volunteers at the registration table in 2018.

Interior of the 2018 conference venue with students sitting in rows in an auditorium.

A person filling in a chart on a whiteboard during a group brainstorming session.

People viewing zero waste tableware and personal products.

SZW 2018 group photo, taken in an auditorium indoors.

Volunteers in front of the 2018 conference sign, holding up a cardboard cut-out of Phil the Landfill, PLAN's unofficial mascot.

Students sitting in rows indoors viewing a panel.

Students on an outdoor tour of the RAIR recycled arts facility.

A collage of screenshots from the 2021 digital conference, including speakers, group activities, and slides from presentations.

Screenshot with a decorative purple border of a 2021 SZW digital session. It is with influencer Queer Brown Vegan and a handful of particpants.

Screenshot of the 2021 Whova Digital conference platform. It shows the main menu and a cap from the Disability Justice panel.

Photos and screenshots from SZW 2018, 2019, and 2021