Want career-ready skills in sustainability that employers actually want? At Santa Monica College, the Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) certificate teaches you how to reduce waste, fight climate change, and build a circular economy — beyond just recycling.
Why SMM?
- Award-Winning Program — 2025 Outstanding Higher Education Program Award from the National Recycling Coalition for pioneering zero waste education and creating a pipeline for the circular economy
- Zero Textbook Cost — fully accessible
- USGBC TRUE Advisor Eligibility — internationally recognized credential
- Paid Fellowships Eligibility — gain hands-on experience with nonprofits
- Complete the certificate in under a year — boost your resume fast
Whether your passion is business, policy, climate action, social justice or fashion, engineering, environmental science, SMM gives you practical tools to make a real impact.
Enrolling NOW starting April 20th SMM 3: (section 4184) Zero Waste for Communities and SMM 4 (section 4185): Zero Waste in Business
Check it out at www.smc.edu/SMM.
The future is circular — be part of building it!
