Attendance: Jake Slager, Shawn Patterson, Thurman Etchison, Jen Fraterrigo, Steve Breitwieser, Travis Tate, Shreya Mahajan, Daphne Hulse

Coke Updates:

• Jake is now officially solely focused on colleges and universities
• RVAT totes
  • Nothing charged for totes or for transportation
  • Chloroplast wrap and cut-outs are about $150 each x 20 = $3,000 (probably does not include transportation)
  • Keep these recycling only
  • 2-3 weeks lead time for wrap
  • Coca-Cola has the rendering for royal blue. Can make tweaks and changes
  • Couple $100 to edit or change the wrap design
  • Daphne’s to-do: Update QR code for new website
  • Make sure bins have clear messaging just for “bottles and cans”
  • These bins would be used for tailgating near to Memorial Stadium, ideally

Reusable Cups/Bottles

• Coke is supportive of reusable cups
  • Yeti sponsors for reusable cups
• Making an effort to push sustainability early in the college processes
  • Encourage use of reusable bottles
  • Use tap water from filler stations
  • Cut back on waste
  • Where there are purchases, ensure that the recycling bin is used
  • Ohio State’s effort with reusable bottles has been mixed success (MyCup program)
  • Indiana did something similar. It was costly and mixed results there, too
    • Jake will get more plugged in on these programs at different schools

Athletics

• • 100th year of Memorial Stadium
    • Ohio State did something similar with their 100th year
    • Sustainability can be incorporated in here, too

Engagement opportunities

• • GoGreen - Eric Green - not a large sample size
    • Jake talked with David Watson, who is in contact with Eric
    • Shreya’s experience as a student: without the incentive behind it, it’s not going to encourage students to regularly use it
  • Looking into Rockwire Illinois App to see how we can encourage plastic reduction

Welcome Week

• T-shirts
  • Mid July get the quantities for the welcome week
  • Orange shirt may fit well with giveaway items for tailgating

Bigger Conversations

• Path forward - Be Orange Go Green, Fighting Illini, Fighting Waste, Don’t Waste
  • How do we differentiate, make it clear to the public what is what?
  • Is tailgating a fighting illini, fighting waste event?