Morgan Johnston and Hursh Hazari met to review the FY15 paper purchases by academic college. Hursh is going to add some analysis about the costs associated with switching to a minimum of 30% recycled content paper. He is also going to take the draft purchasing policy proposed to UA (attached here) and modify it to meet UIUC CAM standards.
F&S Interim Executive Director Helen Coleman approved F&S staff time to work on updating the Campus Administrative Manual (CAM) policy for Zero Waste. Morgan Johnston will take the lead on this effort. The actual policy update will need approval from the CAM advisory committee.
At the PWR SWATeam meeting on Feb. 3, the team reviewed the status of the Illini Gadget Garage. It is going very well, and they have hired students to help promote and market the open hours. The team also discussed the proposed recycled-content paper policy. This policy was not approved at the System level, and UI at Chicago is working to implement their own policy for their campus. UIUC can do the same, through an update to the existing policy. Morgan will bring the policy to the next SWATeam meeting for discussion. Morgan also asked about the SWATeam recommendation process and invited team members to send her comments and suggestions. The Chair was selected as Fanxing Liu, with plenty of help from iSEE and the SWATeam Clerk, Meghan Killinger, because Fanxing just joined the team.
Olivia Webb and Morgan Johnston met with Meghan Killinger and Stephanie Cash to provide an introduction to the SWATeam clerk responsibilities.
At the meeting, we discussed the Illini Gadget Garage and if there were any ways the SWATeam could promote it more. The grand opening is scheduled for November 12, 2016. The team would also like to propose a campus wide paper policy recommendation but more information needs to be gathered to ensure it will get passed. Campus recycling of batteries is a topic that has come up in the past and now it's possible that the Illini Gadget Garage could be in charge of collecting batteries to later recycle them in Urbana.
At the meeting we welcomed Marya Ryan, the new part time zero waste coordinator! The Campus Sustainability Celebration is coming up on October 26th, 2016 and we figured out ways to get the word out and encourage people to come out by sharing the Facebook page. We also went through some of the iCAP objectives and tried to edit some of the information that is listed on the iSEE website. For example, we have switched to using a landfill that captures methane so objective 3 is completed!
Attached are the PWR SWATeam meeting minutes and agenda for September 13th, 2016. At the monthly meeting, we discussed the Illini Gadget Garage and how this team may be able to help spread the word about this project once it is up and running. Ideas were also generated pertaining to information that will be displayed on posters for the upcoming Campus Sustainability Celebration on October 26, 2016.
This policy proposal was taken to the University Administration SAVPAC committee that decided not to implement it at this time. Associate director for campus sustainability, Ben McCall gave the SWATeam two reasons: 1) the UA representatives thought this should perhaps be handled at the campus level, and 2) they thought the paper purchased on campus was already primarily paper with recycled content.
Ben, Dave Grogan, and Cindy Klein-Benai at the UI Chicago Office of Sustainability are working to provide additional information to the committee, regarding the impact of the proposed policy.
The charge letter was sent to FY17 SWATeam members, noting that the clerks will be reaching out to help schedule meetings for the fall.
Minutes from the Purchasing, Waste, and Recycling SWATeam on May 9, 2016. The meeting covered several topics, and was the last meeting with Bart Bartels in attendance.
HI All,
Please see the attached agenda for Monday’s meeting. It has been great working with you this year.
Cheers,
Bart
Alexia can’t make it to Monday’s meeting so she has forwarded an update from her meeting with Housing about the Eco Olympics.
A copy of the minutes and agenda from the PWR SWATeam meeting on April 4, 2016.
Morgan Johnston met with Alexia Bedolla to show her how to enter project updates in the iCAP Portal for the PWR SWATeam.
A copy of the minutes and agenda from the PWR SWATeam meeting on March 7, 2016.
A copy of the minutes and agenda from the PWR SWATeam meeting on February 1, 2016.
A copy of the minutes and agenda from the PWR SWATeam meeting on January 11, 2016.
A copy of the minutes and agenda from the PWR SWATeam meeting on December 7, 2015.
A copy of the minutes and agenda from the PWR SWATeam meeting on November 11, 2015.
A copy of the minutes and agenda from the PWR SWATeam meeting on August 31, 2015.
