All, We’re quickly approaching zero stock for refurbished bikes. One particularly eager patron bought two of our more expensive road bikes back-to-back last week. Thankfully, we received 3 bikes in very-good-to-great condition that should—fingers crossed—be on the sales floor for Wednesday.

We’re in the beginning stages of clearing out abandoned bikes. Approximately 200 will go to CBC/TBP so that’ll help our inventory. The abandoned bikes at the rack in front of the bike center were cut this morning, cleaning up and clearing space for folks to lock there. We’ll be better able to see if any donations have been left, as well.

The numbers:

Visitors: 21
Sales: $1,646.75
Bikes (refurb): 3 for $1,025
B-a-B: 1 for $50
Tires/tubes: 15 for $113

Thanks!

Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator

All, Two weeks back we received three nicer bikes as donations which have proven to be quick fixes. Visit numbers were surprisingly low on Wednesday but that gave us some time to catch up on the piles of wheels and bikes we needed to strip down for parts. Sunday was the Bike Project social ride. On Monday we had a Build-a-Bike completed—a decent hybrid is a great improvement over a too-small roadmaster!—and on Friday we had another member start a Build-a-Bike.

Got an interview for a new hire this week, the Bike Project Members’ Meeting tonight, and one more of the nicer bikes to fix up.

The numbers:

Visitors: 19

Sales: $800.50

Bikes (refurb): 1 for $170

Build-a-Bike: 1 for $50
Memberships: 8 for $240

Thanks!

Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator

Justin Holding, Senior in Industrial Engineering and Sustainability Entrepreneur, attended the 2022 Green Sports Alliance Summit on June 21-23 in Minneapolis, MN. His summary of the summit is attached. 

A temporary bike rack (4-looper) was installed in the Bike Cage at ECE on July 25, 2022! A 3-loop and 2-loop bike rack will be purchased in FY23 for ECE. When the new bike racks arrive, the 4-looper will be replaced with the 3- and 2-looper.

TED Talk: Eco Edition Series - Climate Action

All are invited to attend iSEE’s TED Talk: Eco-Edition event, this month hosted by Savannah Donovan, Environmental Program Manager at the Urbana Parks District and President of the Environmental Education Association of IL. The discussion will center on local and global climate action. Participants will view a prerecorded TED Talk followed by a guided discussion. No preparation is necessary!

July 27, 6–7 pm

Meredith Moore • Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

All, I was out Mon - Thurs last week sick. My staff covered admirably but, invariably, there are things they were uncomfortable taking on. Just an opportunity for further training! We had one Build-a-Bike be completed and another almost made it out the door at the last minute on Friday.

On Friday we had a visitor from Danville who is working on an Eagle Scout program rehabbing old bikes and donating them to local charities. We were able to donate 3 bikes and a handful of parts.

We also had a new hire start on Friday, received a handful of nice bike donations earlier in the week, and will process those donations this week. We’ll also work on getting a few more bikes on the sales floor as we approach August. Or maybe more accurately: AUGUST. It’ll be a doozy of a month.

On Sunday, July 31st, The Bike Project is hosting a community bike ride, so we’ll let folks know about that.

The numbers:

Visitors: 18*
Sales: $499
Bikes: 1 for $200
Build-a-Bike: 1 for $50
Memberships: 1 for $30

*Likely higher actual #; technical difficulties in my absence.

Thanks!

Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator

• Tony Mancuso said that he will take care of the Digital Signage
  • He can get the slide (powerpoint) and make changes to dimensions if needed
  • Tony will get them out to all communicators on campus and the list-servs
  • Chris (from Housing) will handle the Housing Digital Signage
• Morgan asked whether we need to talk to anybody from Public Affairs
  • Regarding Branding
  • Tony said, "No. This is not a Branding issue."
• Morgan asked Marty Kaufman (from DIA) about Digital Signs
  • Marty said that there may be some in the State Farm Center in the lobby area but there are not any at Memorial Stadium
• Group talked about putting messaging on a column
  • Morgan wants to wait for a future date
  • It could be on the wall/mural at the Waste Transfer Station. Pete Varney said sure
• Homepage for Recycling - the F&S Recycling page - https://fs.illinois.edu/services/waste-management-and-recycling. The group talked about making changes to this page to accommoday the "Don't Waste It" campaign.
  • single use masks may be pulled soon
    • Pete will check on the status of updates to the website
  • Adding "Related Resources" to this page
  • We will work on making the website mobile-friendly.
• QR code
  • Whether it should go to the F&S website or something specific
  • Sarthak Prasad suggested using Webtools
    • Tony agreed. He said it would be great if we can manage the QR code and short URL
  • Sarthak will create a Short URL and QR code
    • Short URL - go.illinois.edu/recycling - created
    • Will give access to the communicators on this call
• Reusable or Moveable Bins
  • Morgan asked Thurman Etchison (Housing), how many bins would he like? - this is for the Welcome Celebration - expecting about 4-5k students
    • Morgan had asked Coca-Cola for 30-50 bins
    • Coke will give us these bins and we will have to place them
  • Thurman said that
    • DIA usually place the bins
    • Housing could place and store them for future events
    • Thurman had asked Coca-Cola for 20
  • Morgan said that Coke will give the bins to Thurman
  • Morgan will ask them to give us 30 bins
  • Material
    • Options: Cardboard or corrugated plastic
      • We want corrugated plastic
      • Thurman had asked for this already
    • Bryan Johnson (Housing) said that we would like to get a sample first before we get all 30
      • For the look and size to place on Housing property/Residence Halls
  • Blue Bags for recycling
    • Morgan asked if all know how to get them
    • Pete said that the blue bags are available but BSWs are responsible for providing them
      • Reach out to Pete if there are questions
• Department picnic (Welcome Celebration) is on August 19 from 11-3 pm
  • F&S and iSEE have a table each
  • Morgan asked if others have tables
    • Dave Guth (Illini Union) said that he will check with Erik Riha
  • Morgan asked if others would like the swag/giveaways at other tables or just at the F&S and iSEE tables?
    • Tony said that he would rather have them at multiple locations instead of just one or two
    • Thurman said the he would prefer to spread the infomration at different locations
  • Morgan also asked if we should distribute the swag all year round
  • Welcome Celebration - iSEE table - Meredith Moore (iSEE) is looking at it. Tony will be there too.
• Reusable Straws
  • Tyler Swanson (student) said that
    • Students love free bottles
    • reusable straws are not preferred
    • cannot clean them in the dorms
  • Shreya Mahajan (student) said that students only use the reusable straws once
  • Tony said that he agrees with both Tyler and Shreya
• Table Cloth is fine
• Meredith would like someone from Coca-Cola to host the Ted Talk
  • Maybe in late fall or early spring
  • Corporate sustainability
• Plastic Free Challenge in October and/or April
  • Coke could support these as part of the Don't Waste It campaign
• Waste Audit
  • Last waste audit was done in 2015 (Illini Union in coordination with ISTC)
    • Included RAL, BIF, Illini Union and two other buildings
  • monitored 5 days worth of waste
    • This time, ISTC says they only need to monitor 2 days of waste
  • Dave Guth asked where else we could be targeting. Whether we would want to do the same 5 buildings or add more to them. It would be great if Coca-Cola supports it and funds it too
  • Dave talked about coordinating in October. ISTC lost their coordinator
    • Focus this fall on the scope, funds, and other details
    • Timeline could be Earth Month
• Coca-Cola needs to spend $15,000 for sustainability on-campus
  • Marty Kaufman - They previously provided t-shirts
  • Aaron Finder - We have not received any checks since updating the contract
  • Morgan White - Can we ask if we didnt receive funding previous year(s), if they can fund/provide funds now?
  • Aaron - We can only ask for the current contract?
  • Marty Kaufman - Ideally, we can ask the question.