On September 28, UIUC sustainability representatives met with Coca-Cola and discussed the following:

Attendance: Jake Slager, Meredith Moore, Jen Fraterrigo, Morgan White, Liz Doeschot, Marty Kaufmann, Kendall Chadwick, Tyler Swanson, Shawn Patterson, Thurman Etchison, John Mount

• Daphne will be the primary point of contact going forward for UIUC.

• Jen will get the spreadsheet of points of contact organized (Daphne can help with this).

Agenda:

• Liz will share sustainability insights after being on campus.

• Update on Don’t Waste campaign.

  • Build out a broader scope of ideas to include all of campus life.

• Updates on signage for digital and cooler bags (QR code).

• One cost of U of I for the updated signage:

  • $10,000 budget (accrued 12 months, to spend across 18 months).

  • $8,000 to get 120 bins shipped for convocation and welcome week.

  • The next $10,000 for the next academic year could be used for the zero waste event or wherever it makes most sense to use.

  • The updated bins will be free for U of I (we already paid once for the original).

• Colors of the bins:

  • Concern that the blue is going to be too dark.

  • One of the messages: recycling and re-enjoy it.

• Thurman: don’t want any bins for dining. Cleaning them is challenging (especially the trash receptacles) because they fold up on you. Not a great solution for dining.

Kendall Chadwick: currently in discovery phase. Coming to next call with list of questions to put together a plan that fits with our plan moving forward.

Scheduling: 1 small Wednesday group, full group on the last Wednesday of the month

• Thurman: likes to be here, doesn’t need to be here every week.

• Shawn: likes to be here, doesn’t need to be here every week.

• Marty: DIA, State Farm Center, keep on the weekly group.

Do we have passionate student groups?

• Athletics groups would be nice, and we don’t know them on the sustainability side.

• DIA student liaison? Illini Orange? Block I? Illini Provide? Orange Crush?

• Jen, Morgan, and Meredith have connections to sustainability student groups, but we want athletics groups too.

  • Marty will find a contact. Marketing would know.

• On our side, we could have SECS, SSLC have a meeting with these student groups, with a couple relevant staff. iSEE is trying to make these connections.

Meeting through Coca-Cola is a way to create synergies between different silos on campus. Right now, that’s sustainability and athletics.

Zero Waste event: is this the right phrase? Closed-loop refers to getting it back to the original source. Think about the message:

• iCAP has a Zero Waste chapter.

• Hired a Zero Waste coordinator.

• We can consider different phrases.

Liz Doeschot: noticed on the walk that there were recycling receptacles with black trash bags.

• Black bags are not guaranteed to cut through and recycle things.

• Clear bags questionable. Could have recyclables in them, but may not. We can quickly identify if they do.

• Blue bags are for recycling.

• Dorms fall under Housing (Residence Halls).