On Jun 26, 2023 Karen Wheeler contacted Morgan White to verify that banking information was confirmed and payments would apply to the proper account on 6/28/2023.

On June 21, 2023 Daphne Hulse and Shreya Mahajan met with Seema Nilakhe to discuss Redwood Materials and opportunity for collaboration.

• Introductions

  • Seema Nilakhe, originally from Chicago suburbs, attended U of I

  • Amy Fruehling was career counselor for Seema during her undergraduate years

  • Dabbling in environmental initiatives

  • Worked at Amazon for supply chain

  • Worked at Tesla

    • Infrastructure projects in North America

  • Wanted to work at start up so went to Redwood Materials

    • Lithium ion batteries

    • Based out of Reno, Nevada

    • Consumer partnerships is Seema’s role

  • Don’t take

    • Lead acid

    • Cadmium

    • Car batteries

• Daphne notes that the batteries Redwood would be interested in would likely come from university property, which is handled by CMS/Surplus/OBFS

  • Seema can assist with looking into this process

• Redwood process:

  • Pickup batteries with large OEMs (large car companies that make EVs)

  • Redwood picks up scrap

  • Redwood partners with Call2Recycle

  • Typically you have to pay a fee for Call2Recycle for their services (U of I may have had the service for free?)

  • Collections would be the biggest benefit for us:

    • Cell phones, laptops, smaller devices are high in cobalt and nickel and critical elements that are part of the battery

    • Larger devices would need to be checked for logistics and chemistry

    • Pricing is based on gross weight

    • Collections - don’t provide packaging but suppliers have the drums, crates, or collection mechanism to do that

    • DOT shipping guidelines (Redwood has that and can give us a sample) we have to be in compliance

    • Under 60 watt hours

    • Engineering may have drums that we could use to ship the batteries

    • Gaylords work too

  • Differences between primary and secondary batteries

    • Primaries - non-rechargables

      • Watch batteries

      • Typically lithium ion

  • Have partners which take all of the excess materials that aren’t batteries

    • Secondary - rechargeable

Next steps:

• CMS/Surplus - ask if they already recycle batteries, or need an outlet for it

• Check inventory on drums and gaylords/shipping materials - Seema will send DOT guidelines

• Event with marketing/public relations

• Bin in the Union - how do you keep people from randomly throw items in there that are not batteries? Must be supervised

• Stick to call2recycle for AA AAA alkaline

P10G96447 lower lobby against the west wall.

From: Fancher, Matthew David <mfancher@illinois.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 10:01 AM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Cc: Baarla, Naveen <nbreddy2@illinois.edu>; Mahajan, Shreya <shreyam6@illinois.edu>; Duda, Nikkole <nduda@illinois.edu>; Duda, Patrick Raymond <pduda@illinois.edu>
Subject: Re: Recyclopedia

Hi Daphne,

My apologies for missing your last message. You will still be able to log in to the dashboard using the link below.

https://archive.fs.illinois.edu/sitefinity/dashboard

We should probably get together and discuss moving the recyclopedia into our new website structure, as that is where our development efforts are currently going, and we can bring a more mature version forward there. I’ve tagged our Business Analyst Nikkole on this email, she would be a great point of contact if you don’t get a prompt response from me 😊.

Thanks,

MATT FANCHER
Software Developer 
 
IT Services | Facilities and Services
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Mfancher@illinois.edu
www.fs.illinois.edu

From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 8:29 AM
To: Fancher, Matthew David <mfancher@illinois.edu>
Cc: Baarla, Naveen <nbreddy2@illinois.edu>, Mahajan, Shreya <shreyam6@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Recyclopedia

Hi Matt,

I wanted to follow up on this, as we attempted to log into the Recyclopedia editor (https://archive.fs.illinois.edu/Sitefinity/Login?ReturnUrl=https%3a%2f%2farchive.fs.illinois.edu%2fsitefinity) but were not able to gain entry using Net ID. Do you know if this would still be accessible to us?

Thank you!

Daphne

From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren
Sent: Friday, June 2, 2023 2:13 PM
To: Fancher, Matthew David <mfancher@illinois.edu>
Cc: Baarla, Naveen <nbreddy2@illinois.edu>
Subject: Recyclopedia

Hi Matt,

I know things were/are crazy busy for you with the website redesign! Just wanted to reach out and see what the status is with Recyclopedia and what you might need from us for this project. We’d love to get it to a point where it can be utilized by the campus community.

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: Mahajan, Shreya <shreyam6@illinois.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 2:36 PM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Subject: Re: Recyclopedia

Hi Daphne,

The link does not let me access the account. The setting normally used to login is under "ldap users" but this changed to "UOFI NetId". Putting the login information under "Default" or "UOFI NetId" does not let me access the site either. 

Thanks,

Shreya Mahajan

Done:

• Demo map (Test site): filter by Collections and Themes (WIP), filters overlay map, map shown full-screen

Discussion:

• Discussed various map-related ideas. See TODOs section for some of the outcomes.
• Continue discussion of Fancy Page Layout (see the 4 mockups in the October 21, 2022 meeting notes)
• Continue discussion of improving site's aesthetics
• Question about a TODO: "Collections page: Add image upload option". At a previous meeting we had this TODO, but what was the context? Was it to have a thumbnail for each Collection? Or a banner image?
• Should we link to "Take Action" project from homepage?
  • Replace map link in Highlights?
  • Need to finish Take Action page content
• Archiving projects
  • Add "Archived" checkbox?
  • Add "Archived" to Visibility options?
  • Add "Archived" to Project Status options? (probably not - this mixes the status of the project itself with whether we still want it to show up on the site)
  • Remove from nested listings, still publicly available?

TODO:

• Main map:
  • Start with only Campus Tour locations shown (for now, start with Reporting Progress theme)
  • Filter by Theme or Collection
  • See CSU's campus map (Sustainability section) for inspiration
  • Smaller markers
  • Remove businesses layer
  • Campus boundary, like ArcGIS Bicycle Map
• LEED Certification project's sub-project cards show Mechanical Engineering Building: LEED Gold twice (page 1 and page 5)
• Loading message on page unload shows up sometimes in browser page history (e.g. view iCAP Portal PDF from About page, then click "back") and also when downloading files (e.g. downloading tracking data on Metric: Bicycle Counts at Armory and Sixth or PDFs on other pages)
• Homepage has extra padding on right side on mobile
• SSC project embedding: add category filtering options
• (long term goal) look into importing information from another source, e.g. SSC students without iCAP Portal access can put together info in a structured format for automatic import into iCAP Portal
• Look into Collection embedding again, à la Drawdown Solutions Library Sammy had found ("Filter by sector or area of action" section)
• Metric search/display:
  • Theme (via connected Project, i.e. Theme -> Project -> Metric)
  • Most recent updates as of: (list of years) -> can we query Tracking data?
  • (Internal only) Last updated before (list of years) -> can we query Tracking data?
• (Low Priority) Make column headers click-sortable on Projects by Project Status page
• Fancy project layout mockups - keep tweaking #3 to improve contrast
• Discuss metrics
  • Metrics with lots of data
  • Consider how to handle old metrics that no longer track new data. Archive somehow?
  • Fun with math (e.g. combining multiple metrics)
  • Calculated Metrics on Dev site

Drive link to resources used to reduce plastic contamination at University of Arizona

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qas20_ApDqs2YQvXiH3P4YMoKfAm7gQF

Valparasio university full audit report link

Audit Data - Facilities Management (valpo.edu)

Any questions feel free to contatct  tyler.kuss@valpo.edu

 P10G96446 C108 hallway by stairs.

The link below is an informational letter with information on how labs can join the International Freezer Challenge.

https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/91/1674395291.html

Kenny is going to call, as a side note there have been multiple pan replacements and broken or missing RFID’s on front loads around campus. I think to get a real count on what locations don’t have RFID’d the functioning system will have to go around dumping and it should geolocate as unreadable and with that info we will know the location not tagged or broken.

Thank you,

Dan

217.300.8545

From: Richard Boyovich <richard@loadman.com>
Sent: Friday, June 2, 2023 2:57 PM
To: John Cramer <john@loadman.com>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Cc: Baarla, Naveen <nbreddy2@illinois.edu>; Larry Santi <larry@loadman.com>
Subject: Re: Restarting Loadman at UIUC

Hello Daphne

If you could get someone to call me from in the cab of said vehicles, I can provide technical assistance without any cost. Not sure what parts were shipped to you for repairs, but I can figure this out quickly once I have someone to speak with. Understand, these systems have very sophisticated troubleshooting features. I can typically know what the issue is in less than 15 minutes. You can give my mobile number out to anyone that works with the front loaders, and I work on Saturdays, no problem. 

Thanks, 

Richard Boyovich

Mobile 206-898-7801

From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 2, 2023 12:02:12 PM
To: John Cramer <john@loadman.com>
Cc: Baarla, Naveen <nbreddy2@illinois.edu>
Subject: Restarting Loadman at UIUC

Hi John,

I work as the zero waste coordinator at the University of Illinois, and I wanted to reach out regarding the Loadman service that we previously used. We had just begun this initiative under Shantanu Pai (who has since left) and as I understand it, things fizzled out after the pandemic hit. We’re very interested in restarting this initiative!

Currently, we have two frontload trucks that have the Loadman equipment. There were parts that had broken, so parts were ordered to replace the broken ones. However, we have not yet installed these pieces. We are thinking that a site visit from Loadman might be helpful in getting everything back up and running again.

Wanted to reach out to you, introduce myself, and see what next steps would be best to take.

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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