Below is an email exchange between Alec McKay, Meredith Moore, Morgan White, and Daphne Hulse:

Hi Meredith & Stacy!

I hope y’all are doing well.

I’m gathering some info for the November ccnet.

What do you guys think should be included in it?

Happy Halloween!

~Alec

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Hi Alec!

iSEE’s monthly TED Talk will be held on 11/15 for America Recycles Day (the Zero Waste basketball game will be held the evening beforehand at the State Farm Center on 11/14).

Here is the Zoom link registration for the TED Talk on 11/15 at 7 PM. All details about the event can be found on the registration webpage. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!
Meredith

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Hi Alec,

We should highlight America Recycles Day.  Daphne, can you please provide some background information (I know you may have to find it first), for Alec to include in the CCNet newsletter for November, which he will send out on Monday?

Thanks,

Morgan

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Hi Morgan and Alec,

Yes! Happy to provide some background.

America Recycles Day, also referred to as National Recycling Day, is the signature recycling program of the national nonprofit organization Keep America Beautiful since 2009. It is observed each year on November 15. The first national celebration occurred on November 15, 1997, making this year the 25th anniversary. The purpose of the observation is to educate and encourage individuals to mindfully consume and highlight how to properly recycle within their local community. As the organization is national, local chapters are encouraged to hold their own community events during this time. Keep Champaign Beautiful held a Boneyard Creek Cleanup event from 10am to noon on October 29 in celebration.

America Recycles Day has an ongoing #BeRecycled pledge that anyone can sign. It has nearly 90,000 cumulative signatures. The pledge is a three-fold commitment:

1. Find out what materials are collected for recycling in your community,
2. Reduce the amount of waste you produce and increase the amount of waste you recycle, and
3. Encourage those in your social circles to also take the #BeRecycled pledge.

The university will also be celebrating this year. On November 14th, the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics; the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment; Facilities & Services; and Coca-Cola are partnering for the men’s basketball game at State Farm Center. The partners are working together to:

1. Directly impact Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) Objective 5.2 “reduce the total campus waste going to landfills by at least 10% [from our benchmark],”
2. Increase public awareness for campus recycling and the iCAP, and
3. Encourage behavior change among basketball game attendees when they are presented with the opportunity to recycle.

Let me know if there is anything else you need help with.

Thank you,

Daphne