Key Objective: 68. Increase Recycling Rate

67. Incorporate Carbon Costs into Food Products Sold on Campus

69. Eliminate Purchase of Non-Recyclable Material when Suitable Substitutes Exist

Recycle additional items, such as glass and additional plastic categories, possibly with a bottle or can deposit program. and increase recycling rate from 50% to 75% by 2020.

Associated Metric

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Diversion Rate

Current
2015 iCAP
2010 iCAP

Annotations

FY 2020:
with covid impacts

View details for metric: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Diversion Rate

Explanation

"Identify opportunities for an increase in reuse and recycling of materials."

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Associated Project

Increase Recycling Rates

Theme

Zero Waste

Project History

04/17/24 Update

5/19/2024

https://fs.web.illinois.edu/Insider/2024/04/09/crushing-it/
05/13/24 Update

5/19/2024

We are using the blue bags in all the buildings. That is the expectation but it is possible a few here and there use black bags in containers as we had some complaints on the size didn’t fit.

Thanks

Mark Kuehl

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