From: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>

Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 7:37 AM
To: B10andFriends@umich.edu
Subject: Waste Affinity Survey & Meeting

Morning Big 10 and Friends,

 

Hope everyone everyone’s semester is wrapping up nicely. A big thank you goes out to everyone who participated in the Waste Survey [redacted] so far. We’ve already found the excel tool has been helpful in considering new initiatives. If you haven't had the chance to add your school's information, please do so at your earliest convenience.

If you’re interested in reviewing the waste results together, fill out this When2Meet [redacted] by Wednesday, May 10th.

 

Looking forward to catching up and discussing the findings with all of you!

 

Mary, Tony, and the survey subgroup

 

Mary Leciejewski, MS
Zero Waste Manager

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers 

Facilities Operations and Development, Sustainability & Strategic Services
1130 Service Building Annex | 2578 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210
(O) 614.292.3637
fod.osu.edu/sustainability

 

 

From: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 6:52 AM
To: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>; Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Hi Dominika,

 

Thanks for the nudge. I just had an email exchange with Tony, and we've decided to send out an email to find a time to review results, as well as to encourage everyone who hasn’t yet to complete the survey. We'll have to work with the responses we get, and I know our group has already found the results useful. This is a good litmus test for gauging people's availability for benchmarking surveys in the future.

 

Hope everyone is making it through the tsunami that is move-out! I am continually shocked at the amount of material going to waste this time of year.

 

Mary Leciejewski, MS

Zero Waste Manager

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers 

Facilities Operations and Development, Sustainability & Strategic Services
1130 Service Building Annex | 2578 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210
(O) 614.292.3637
fod.osu.edu/sustainability

 

 

 

From: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 1:09 PM
To: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>; Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu
Subject: Re: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Hello all,

 

Just to briefly reintroduce myself, I am an intern working with Daphne on this waste management survey. I'd like to thank you all for the contributions that you have made for this initiative; it has been very exciting witnessing the collaboration and ideas that have been taking place. Given that we have some responses, do you believe that we have enough information to move forward to the analysis phase of the project? As of today, we are still awaiting responses from nine universities for the general questions and fourteen universities for their diversion rate methodologies.

 

Thank you,

DOMINIKA P. SZAL (she/her)

Waste Management Intern

(217) 333-9191 | dszal2@illinois.edu

Facilities & Services | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

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From: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 06:09
To: Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>; Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu <alisonlr@umich.edu>; nberg@umich.edu <nberg@umich.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Thanks everyone for your feedback. I will get the survey out later today! Mary

 

Mary Leciejewski
Zero Waste Manager

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers 

Facilities Operations and Development, Sustainability & Strategic Services
1130 Service Building Annex | 2578 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210
(O) 614.292.3637
fod.osu.edu/sustainability

 

 

 

 

From: Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 1:44 PM
To: Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>; Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Hi, all. I added a few clarifying comments to the Diversion Rate Methodology sheet. The comments are on cells: Precious Metals, Yard Waste, Recycled Batteries, Recycled Vehicles, and Surplus Donate Items. I also added a few more streams we

Hi, all.

 

I added a few clarifying comments to the Diversion Rate Methodology sheet. The comments are on cells: Precious Metals, Yard Waste, Recycled Batteries, Recycled Vehicles, and Surplus Donate Items.

I also added a few more streams we track that were not on the list. Those cells are filled with yellow. Feel free to remove if they don’t make sense. For the added Surplus Sold Items stream, it will be dependent on the answer to the comment on Surplus Donated Items.

 

Thank you!

 

Patrick T. Brown | He/Him
Sustainability Coordinator | Campus Planning, Architecture and Sustainability

 

m: 219-677-6330

Website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

 

 

From: Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 9:38 AM
To: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Thanks Daphne.  Mary actually made that draft (thank you Mary!) and Patrick and I had a few minor edits to add.  Hopefully that can be completed today or tomorrow and back to you for review.  We will definitely include the idea of the “other – list please” being added.

 

Thanks again,

Tony

 

From: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:10 PM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

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Thanks for the feedback, Daphne.

 

Once we have the go-ahead from Tony, I will send to the larger affinity group.

 

Excited to see all the results!

 

Mary

 

Mary Leciejewski
Zero Waste Manager

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers 

Facilities Operations and Development, Sustainability & Strategic Services
1130 Service Building Annex | 2578 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210
(O) 614.292.3637
fod.osu.edu/sustainability

 

 

 

 

From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4:33 PM
To: Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>; Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Hi Tony, I took a look at the new tab for diversion materials and think it looks great. There was a comment made asking about what to do if a school has a material they include in the rate that isn’t listed on the sheet, so I added a “Other

 

Hi Tony,

 

I took a look at the new tab for diversion materials and think it looks great. There was a comment made asking about what to do if a school has a material they include in the rate that isn’t listed on the sheet, so I added a “Other – please list” column for that purpose.

 

Otherwise, I am happy with the survey and would call it good! Thanks so much for the assistance.

 

Thank you,

 

Daphne

 

Daphne Hulse (she/her)
Zero Waste Coordinator
Facilities & Services | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+1 (217) 333-7550 | dlhulse2@illinois.edu
 


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From: Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 8:05 AM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Thanks Daphne.  We will get back to you ASAP!

 

From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 10:19 AM
To: Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>; Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

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Hi Tony,

 

Thanks for the update! We are appreciative of the feedback you and OSU have provided and are happy to incorporate it. I think the suggestion to add a tab for diversion rate materials is a great one, and we would appreciate your help with integrating it into the survey!

 

Thank you,

Daphne

 

From: Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 12:55 PM
To: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Hi Daphne,  Mary and I met to discuss the Waste Affinity Group topics and we are hoping to be able to focus in on the survey you have developed.  Once the document is ready to share, we are happy to help send it to the group, and then we can remind folks to complete it at the February BTAF Meeting (exact date TBD).  We are anticipating not having a Waste Affinity Meeting prior to the full BTAF Meeting in February, but if this group needs to get together, just let me know and I would be happy to schedule. 

 

In terms of finishing the survey, it appears that you have largely incorporated all the recommendations, thank you!  There is one modification that I wanted to validate with you that our group has offered to make:  a separate tab in the same spreadsheet where the answers for cell AH Materials included in your diversion rate can be put into its own grid and easier to compare school to school.  If you are good with this idea, we will try to complete this next week and send it back. 

 

Thank you,

Tony

 

From: Anthony Gillund
Sent: Friday, January 6, 2023 12:42 PM
To: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Hi Daphne, we just had a meeting today with our local waste district and one of the questions that came up is if there are institutions that have found methods to eliminate the plastic bags from the recycling stream.  I thought some institutions do this (e.g. breaking bags of recycling into the recycling dumpster but tossing the bag into the trash).  If you think it is beneficial, perhaps this is another item to add to the survey.

 

Thanks again,

Tony

 

From: Anthony Gillund
Sent: Friday, January 6, 2023 8:51 AM
To: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Hi Daphne, great survey and I agree with Mary it is very comprehensive!  Patrick and I reviewed the document we came up with a few recommendations for your consideration:

1. It might be beneficial to add another question after cell G3 that asks if there are secondary waste goals.
2. Cell K3 was a little confusing trying to determine what was meant by ‘Benchmark Year’…. Is this supposed to say ‘Baseline Year’ instead? 
3. For Cell AG3, we are recommending that a separate tab in the same spreadsheet where the answers can be put into its own grid and easier to compare school to school.  For instance, I found it very interesting to see UIUC include tires but not surplus material, and it would be interesting to see how many folks include tire recycling/repurposing.  Patrick is going to take a 1st stab at creating this for your review.  
4. In the Waste Metric Tracking section, would it be possible to add a few questions around accounting for avoided waste?  Take-back programs would be a prime example of this… for instance, if a university handles furniture whether by diverting it or landfilling it, but then works with a manufacturer on a take-back program, do you get to count that material as diverted?  I am not sure of the best way to ask this question(s)… maybe it should be integrated with the matrix developed as part of bullet #2? 
5. The organics section might benefit by clarification on what should be included.  We interpreted it as more than just food scraps and included animal bedding and landscape debris in our answer, but questioned if other items should be included here such as food grease recycling.

 

Thank you again for putting this together.  Looking forward to seeing it once it is all filled out!

Thanks,

 

Tony Gillund 

 

Director of Sustainability

Campus Planning, Architecture, and Sustainability

 

o: 765-494-3911 | agillund@purdue.edu

 

 

 

From: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 8:26 AM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; Anthony Gillund <agillund@purdue.edu>; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

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Daphne,

 

Thanks for reopening the conversation and putting this together. This survey looks comprehensive. We’re excited for the results!

 

Here’s our quick feedback:

• For “Waste Reduction Goal” section, add question asking if school has formal, published waste plan and request link.
• For D5, we usually count interns as a 3:1 FTEs. Might be useful to make this clear or to have a separate column for number of FTE’s vs. number of interns.
• For the Surplus category, I’d be interested to learn if other schools have internal reuse or external donation programs to nonprofits. (Our Surplus group has mentioned some legal/logistical issues with donation…)

 

We can make these edits directly in the survey but didn’t want to make changes without giving you a heads up/getting sign off from the group.

 

Once the other folks on the chain provide feedback, we can help disseminate to the larger BTAF group. When the results are in, it’d be a perfect intern project to assemble results in a slide show and do some data visualization. Happy to donate our intern time towards that task.

 

Best, Mary

 

Mary Leciejewski
Zero Waste Manager

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers 

Facilities Operations and Development, Sustainability & Strategic Services
1130 Service Building Annex | 2578 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210
(O) 614.292.3637
fod.osu.edu/sustainability

 

 

 

From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 5:07 PM
To: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; agillund@purdue.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Hi all, Happy New Year - I hope you enjoyed a nice holiday break! Dominika and I wanted to re-open the conversation on the BTAF waste survey. The questions are ready for your review/input when you have a chance J Mary & Tony, we are happy

 

Hi all,

 

Happy New Year - I hope you enjoyed a nice holiday break! Dominika and I wanted to re-open the conversation on the BTAF waste survey [redacted]. The questions are ready for your review/input when you have a chance J

 

Mary & Tony, we are happy to coordinate with you both on getting this spreadsheet out to the schools when everything is finalized.

 

Thank you,

Daphne

 

Daphne Hulse (she/her)
Zero Waste Coordinator
Facilities & Services | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
+1 (217) 333-7550 | dlhulse2@illinois.edu
 


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From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 9:43 AM
To: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; agillund@purdue.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Thank you, Mary! We’ve got all our original survey questions inputted now and are working to finalize questions on other topics such as sustainable procurement and organic waste, which we didn’t previously include.

 

If you all have an opportunity to take a look and provide feedback, that would be appreciated!

Thank you,

Daphne

 

 

Daphne Hulse (she/her)
Zero Waste Coordinator
Facilities & Services | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
+1 (217) 333-7550 | dlhulse2@illinois.edu
 


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From: Leciejewski, Mary <leciejewski.8@osu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 8:12 AM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; alisonlr@umich.edu; agillund@purdue.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown <brown471@purdue.edu>
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey

 

Hi everyone,

 

Hope everyone had a nice holiday.

 

Just want to give a shout out to Daphne and her team for uploading the survey onto the google drive in a spreadsheet format. The benchmarking tool is looking pretty robust. If you haven’t had a chance to check out the google drive, here’s the link [redacted].

 

Aside from adding additional relevant survey fields and filling in our school’s data, is there anything else we need to do to provide feedback before we take this to the larger BTAF group?

 

Thanks, Mary

 

Mary Leciejewski
Zero Waste Manager

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers 

Facilities Operations and Development, Sustainability & Strategic Services
1130 Service Building Annex | 2578 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210
(O) 614.292.3637
fod.osu.edu/sustainability

 

 

 

-----Original Appointment-----
From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 3:15 PM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren; alisonlr@umich.edu; Leciejewski, Mary; agillund@purdue.edu; nberg@umich.edu; Patrick T Brown
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja
Subject: Purdue/OSU/Michigan/UIUC Waste Survey
When: Friday, November 11, 2022 11:00 AM-12:00 PM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada).
Where: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83465397844?pwd=K0dHcWlkaXExOTQyUDdrN3J6VXhVUT09

 

Daphne Hulse (she/her) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https: //illinois. zoom. us/j/83465397844?pwd=K0dHcWlkaXExOTQyUDdrN3J6VXhVUT09 Meeting ID: 834 6539 7844 Password: 337564 ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍

 

Daphne Hulse (she/her) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting
 

On Jan 9, 2023 Barbara Duncan sent notes for the Dec 2, 2022 meeting to Jennifer Fraterrigo.

 

Below is an email from Big Ten and Friends:

Subject: Big 10 & Friends Sustainability Network: Fall Meeting Follow-up

 

Hello Big 10 & Friends Sustainability Network,

 

Thank you to all who attended our fall meeting last month.  We are currently working with the presenting schools to schedule our next meeting sometime in February - details to come soon! In the meantime, if you haven't already, make sure you are checking out this year's affinity groups on specific topics you'd be interested in exploring more!

 

• October 21, 2022 Meeting Notes (please take a minute to look these over and let us know if anything is missing)
• FY2023 Affinity Group Sign-up & email contact list

 

This year's affinity groups are:

• Green Labs
• Agricultural/Land Based Sequestration Strategies
• Staff Engagement
• Engaging Facilities
• Waste Reduction
• Data Analysis
• Funding Decarbonization

If you are an affinity group lead and haven't already - please consider scheduling a meeting with your group before our February meeting. Affinity groups will have the opportunity to share out to the entire network during the February network meeting.

 

If anyone else has proposed agenda items for the February network meeting, please let us know.

 

Thank you,

Co-Chairs:

Tom Reeves (OSU)

Nicole Berg (UM)

Ken Keeler (UM)

From: Leciejewski, Mary leciejewski.8@osu.edu
Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 12:19 PM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren dlhulse2@illinois.edu
Cc: Szal, Dominika Patrycja dszal2@illinois.edu
Subject: RE: Scheduling a Waste Management Survey

 

Hi Daphne,

 

Pleasure speaking with you last week. I was going to send out an agenda for the Big 10 and Friends meeting on Thursday. Are you still interested in introducing yourself and your project to try to solicit a better response rate? If so, I can put you on the agenda.

 

Thanks! Mary

Hi!

 

I know the information might've been a lot, so here's just a quick summary regarding what is left to do:

• Reach out to the following universities to ask questions:
  
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • University of Iowa
  •  University of Minnesota
  • Rutgers
  • University of Maryland
  • Illinois State University (ISU)
  • Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (SIUC)
  • Eastern Illinois University (EIU)
  • University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS)
  • Michigan State University

• See if we can get the contacts for UIS, SIUC, and EIU. I found the contact person for ISU, but I will need to find her email. I'll try to update the file if I can find it.
•  
• Set up meetings with Ohio State University and University of Michigan. I've already contacted them before but haven't gotten back to them regarding Zoom scheduling.
•  
• Any responses that you get regarding the survey should be filled out in the Big 10 spreadsheet located in this filepath: G:\Recycling & Waste\Big 10 Recycling

I bolded the main contact that you should email for each respective university. If someone else ends up answering, please make note of their contact info. You can use/adjust the introduction I already have typed up in the Box file labeled "Big 10 Survey" when contacting people. If you want me to do some of the contacting, just let me know.

 

Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any further questions :)

 

From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 15:44
To: Szal, Dominika Patrycja <dszal2@illinois.edu>
Subject: Hi!

 

This is my main email – feel free to send over anything about the Big 10 project here!

 

Daphne

1.  

 

1. Syd Trimble and Dominika Szal began efforts to create a comprehensive waste management survey to dissmeninate to all Big Ten and Friends affiliated insitutitons. With the results in hand, they would collate and summarize the data, and give back the analysis to each of the schools for their benefit. The purpose was to benchmark schools against one another and determine the highlights and opportunities for improvement at each school.
2. Draft of the initial survey:
   1. I saw that your school has a goal of achieving a [insert % waste diversion by whatever year]. Why did your school decide to work on reducing your waste production in the first place?
      
      1. What year was the goal initially decided? (what is your benchmark year?)
      2. What was the waste diversion rate of your benchmark year?
      3. Why did you decide on this rate as a goal?
      4. If you accomplish your goal by [desired year], would you then work on maintaining that waste diversion rate or would you work on diverting even more waste?
      5. What waste goal metrics do you track?
      6. What do you include in your waste diversion rate?
   2. What are the most common challenges you face when attempting to reach waste reduction goals?
      
      1. How did you identify your next course of action to deal with these challenges?
   3. Which initiatives would you say were the most effective in reaching your goals for waste reduction?
   4. Do you provide your own recycling or waste collection services or is it outsourced?
   5. How is recycling funded?
      
      1. Do you sell your collected recyclables?
         
         1. How is that revenue used?
   6. How is waste disposal funded?
   7. How important is investing in public education about recycling/waste reduction?
      
      1. How do you get the word out about recycling or any initiatives you have going on
      2. Have you noticed which types of marketing tend to be more receptive by certain demographics (such as students or faculty?)
      3. Does your institution have any training for students and/or faculty for them to be more aware of recycling?
      4. What are ongoing initiatives that your institution is developing? (ex. recycling app, recyclopedia)
   8. With football games, we typically see a lot of waste, whether it’s from tailgating or the game itself. What has your institution done to effectively increase recycling/reduce waste at these events? If you haven’t done so yet, are there any plans in the works?
      
      1. Do you work directly with the concessionaire?
      2. Who works as the liaison with Athletics? Do you have a sustainability specialist working within Athletics?
      3. How do you get enough volunteers to help with achieving your waste reduction goals at the games?
      4. What would you say helped the most with increasing recycling rates during football games?
   9. Do you have any specialty recycling initiatives? Some examples of specialty recycling include batteries, PPE, glasses recycling, or phone recycling.
   10. Question related to procurement goals (look up “sustainable leadership purchasing council”)
       
       1. Do you currently have a sustainable procurement policy in place?
          
          1. If no, is your institution pursuing a sustainable procurement policy?
       2. Were there any challenges that arose while developing this policy?
   11. Does your institution address e-waste, whether through re-use (ex. a surplus store) or donation?