Waste University

Educating Recycling and Waste Professionals Everywhere
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Superior Training and Unmatched Support
Waste University delivers a leading online learning platform for organizations in the recycling and waste management space, along with their people. We also engage with partners on ambitious projects, research & development in advanced industry topics, and create custom learning content to help our partners enhance operations, enable and upskill their staff, and foster better environmental outcomes.

Waste University is proud to have served thousands of CEOs, executive directors, recycling and MRF operators, landfill operators, program managers, regulators, waste screeners, and spotters through training on both fundamental and cutting-edge solid waste and recycling topics.
Waste University helps you build a smarter and more capable staff and operations through our value-driving, best-in-class learning platform, project engagements, and research products.
Register Yourself or Your Team in a Waste University Online Course
The following Waste University courses are approved for State of Florida-required training for a range of recycling and waste facility types.
To order one or more of these courses, follow these easy steps:
Select the number of students you wish to register in a given course and click "Add to Cart".
Repeat Step 1 for all other desired course(s) as applicable.
Click on the Shopping Cart icon on the top right of your screen proceed through our secure checkout process.
Waste University will send you a receipt and login instructions, usually within 1 business day.
Ready to really level up your team? Click here to fill out our Expression of Interest form for customized learning offerings and other accelerators Waste University is now providing to leading organizations.
What Makes Waste University So Great?

Cost Savings
Cut Your Training Costs in Half
We are a pioneer in online learning for recycling and waste professionals, and our on-demand, convenient platform has saved organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years.
Continuous Content Improvements
Next-Generation Learning and Enablement
We incorporate new tools, techniques, and best practices across our compliance and custom learning solutions. We build our content with care, leveraging assets from our 20+ years of deep work and experience in the recycling and waste industry.
Convenience
Train with Us Anytime, Anywhere
Our online courses are available on demand, 24/7. We further deliver new insights and expand your capabilities through our custom onboarding and health & safety offerings. In short, we are here to support you and your program in a way that drives significant value.
Top Rated
Thousands of our students agree - they love us!
We are passionate about our student experience. Since our founding more than a decade ago, we students have consistently rated our courses 9+ on a 10-point scale. Students most value the positive impacts we have on their education in the industry and new capabilities we unlock through our widely-respected platform.
I am very pleased with Waste University. Your current courses and future courses will be our choice for certifications in the future.uture.
-R.R., Solid Waste Director at a Large, Vertically Integrated Waste Authority
Waste University's Custom Offerings
Responding to demand from hundreds of our partners across Florida, Waste University is excited to now offer a range of custom offerings. Customized research? Health & Safety training made for the 21st century? An ambitious project? We have you covered.
Getting started is as easy as:

1
Fill Out our Interest Form
Click here to fill out a 1-minute form to let us know which of our offerings you'd like to learn more about.
2
We Review and Align
We align our offering that meets your needs and align on a delivery schedule and budget.
3
Deliver
We deliver our solutions to you, which may be accompanied by ongoing check-ins, progress updates, approvals, and revisions, as necessary.
FAQs
Who is Waste University's training for?
Waste University is a leader in delivering educational courses for a range of recycling and waste management professionals of all experience levels, ranging from new staff working in labor-focused roles to CEOs and Executive Directors of large public and private organizations.
Waste University delivers high-quality, expert-driven online training on a wide range of topics, but mainly we provide:
State of Florida-approved training for professionals working at material recovery facilities, waste processing facilities, transfer stations, landfills, and other types of facilities.
Custom training content tailored to an organization's or site's needs - click here to fill out our contact form and join hundreds of your peers who have benefited from our leading training content and learning environments.
How does a compliance course enrollment process work?
Once we receive your order, we will send you a notification including your receipt and login instructions for all individuals for whom a course was purchased.
Students have 24/7 access to our dynamic learning platform once we register you. We recommend all students complete their training within 30 days of registration.
Our custom learning environments normally include registering a specified number of individuals or "seats" depending on what you need - click here to fill out our interest form to learn more about our customized training options and how they can accelerate your progress.
How does Waste University support my learning journey?
In addition to our leading and highly-rated learning content, we do all the little things to help make your training experience seamless. We provide you with blazingly-fast support over email, provide a secure messaging system for students to interact with us and ask questions, and for those taking compliance courses, we handle all required regulatory reporting for you. Easy!
Can you tell me about Waste University's Custom Offerings?
In response to demand by hundreds of partners across the US, Waste University is thrilled to introduce a range of custom offerings for leading organizations. Examples include provide high-end, deeply-researched, and informative online and on-demand content for a range of use cases (e.g., site-specific operations and onboarding plans, best practices development across waste and recycling functional areas, custom health & safety learning environments, dynamic standard operating procedures (SOPs)) and topics (e.g., the circular economy, extended producer responsibility (EPR), applications of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) in the recycling and waste industry, disaster debris management, and many more).
Why should Waste University be my training provider of choice?
You can join our thousands of students and dozens of best-in-class organizations, who continue working with Waste University because of our expert-driven learning content, our commitment to continuous innovation and content development, the leading-edge support we provide to our partners, and to have access to next-generation tools, tips, and techniques to help deepen your understanding and move farther, faster toward operational excellence.

Educating Recycling and Waste Professionals Everywhere

Superior Training and Unmatched Support

Register Yourself or Your Team in a Waste University Online Course

The following Waste University courses are approved for State of Florida-required training for a range of recycling and waste facility types.

To order one or more of these courses, follow these easy steps:

What Makes Waste University So Great?

Cost Savings

Cut Your Training Costs in Half

Continuous Content Improvements

Next-Generation Learning and Enablement

Convenience

Train with Us Anytime, Anywhere

Top Rated

Thousands of our students agree - they love us!

I am very pleased with Waste University. Your current courses and future courses will be our choice for certifications in the future.uture.

-R.R., Solid Waste Director at a Large, Vertically Integrated Waste Authority

Thank you for providing a great training tool. I recommend this method, especially as a refresher for experienced operators.

C.P., Public Works Division Manager

We will use Waste University for all of our training needs.

D.G., Recycling Industry Pioneer and County Solid Waste Manager

The way the information was delivered made it easy for me to follow and learn.

J.W., Executive at Large Private, Vertically-Integrated Recycling and Waste Company

This was a great learning experience for me - I rate it a 20 out of 10.

R.C., A Recycling and Waste Professional from a Leading County-Operated Organization

Waste University's Custom Offerings

Responding to demand from hundreds of our partners across Florida, Waste University is excited to now offer a range of custom offerings. Customized research? Health & Safety training made for the 21st century? An ambitious project? We have you covered.

Getting started is as easy as:

Fill Out our Interest Form

We Review and Align

Deliver

FAQs