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  1. Zero Waste Team Meeting October 2026

    Associated Project(s): 
    Zero Waste iCAP Team

    The Zero Waste team met on October 9th at 11:00 am. Attached are the meeting minutes

    Summary:

    • If you have not done so already, please fill out this When2meet so we can confirm a time and day for the UCSD tour!

    • Thank you to Chris Brown for joining our meeting and speaking to us about Grind2Energy!

    • The first Zero Waste Tailgate was a success! 

      • 23 volunteers, 860 lbs of presorted recyclables

    • Another Zero Waste Tailgate opportunity is coming up on October 24th. If you're interested in volunteering, please sign up!

    • Green Greek Tailgate - potential to attend an interfraternity council meeting 

    • Bold Reuse: Reuse for events and festivals. Looking for a champion! Check out their recent Summer or Reuse webinar

    • More potential projects and updates in the meeting minutes!

    Attached Files: 

  2. Zero Waste Team Meeting September 2026

    Associated Project(s): 
    Zero Waste iCAP Team

    The Zero Waste team met on September 25th at 11:00 am. Attached are the meeting minutes.

    Summary:

    • When you get the chance please take a moment to read over our ​Charge Letter​, specifically the bullet points within the letter and below the letter. 

    • Battery Recycling Program spearheaded by Charley: 10 battery collection stations on campus. Eventual goal to have a OneDrum station in the Union.

    • Composting stations are still up in Bevier Cafe and ISR. New station was added in Illini Union manned by the EcoReps every Friday from 11am - 3pm. 

    • Zero Waste Tailgate coming up on October 3rd, if you're interested in volunteering please sign up!

    • More potential projects and updates in the meeting minutes!

    Attached Files: 

  4. Weekly Update - Bike Sales and Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

    Approaching a manageable number of visitors to the Bike Center. We’re getting Build-a-Bikes done at a quick-ish rate, which is good for bike-morale as so many folks abandon those projects.

    Elsewhere, the bike retrieval process has concluded, so I will begin organizing/sorting this year’s haul of abandoned bikes (pending approval).

    Tonight is the Bike Project Member Meeting that I will attend.

     

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 138
    Sales: $1,303.40

    Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $60
    Memberships: 24 for $720

    Tires/tubes: 21 for $165

     

    Thanks!

  9. Weekly Update - Bike Sales and Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

     

    Beginning of the semester and it’s hard to convey just how busy we’ve been. Demand for bikes and drop-off repairs has never felt higher. We’re plugging away at restocking both B-a-Bs and For Sale bikes.

     

    Visitors: 268

    Sales: $2,267

    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $200
    Bikes (BaB): 2 for $100
    Memberships: 26 for $780
    Tires/tubes: 55 for $450

    Thanks!

  10. 2026 Graduate Dump & Run Statistics

    Associated Project(s): 
    Dump and Run

    The total count for graduate donations in July 2026 was 39 gaylord boxes and 44 loose pieces (furniture, etc) collected from 4 pods in Orchard Downs and 1 pod in Ashton Woods during the month of July. Based on average pallet weights from previous years (150-250 pounds) and reporting from Goodwill, we estimate that 10,000 pounds of donations were diverted.

    Donations were picked up by the University Moving Crew and taken to the Champaign Goodwill store for redistribution. No other nonprofit partners received donations this year. The Moving Crew was a fantastic help. Also a success: Neighborhood Assistants (NAs) were responsible for unlocking and locking pods.

    The graduate Dump & Run® program started in 2025. The undergrad Dump & Run® program has been going since 2001!

  14. Weekly Update -- Bike Sales & Demand

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All,

    Decent week. Got a couple Build-a-Bikes out the door. Will also be donating some bikes to Dump & Run this week.

    We’ll be closed on Friday, August 7th.

     

    The numbers:

    Sales: $985

    Memberships: 2 for $60

    Bikes (refurb): 4 for $665
    Bikes (B-a-B): 2 for $100
    Tires/tubes: 7 for $41

     

    Thanks!

  15. Phase 3 (Inventory) Complete

    Associated Project(s): 
    Collection and Donation of Abandoned Bicycles

    On 07/29/26, Phase 3 (Inventory) was completed. This year, 254 bicycles, e-bikes, and e-scooters were inventoried by Sarthak, Frida, and Emma. As of 08/01/26, four people have began the retrieval process. As a reminder, any impounded bicycle that remains after September 25, 2026 will be considered donated to the university and will be donated to the Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign.

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    "No" in this graph is a count of bicycles marked as abandoned in Phase 2 that did not get picked up by the Parking Department to be inventoried, likely because they were moved.

    Attached Files: 

  16. Phase 3 (Inventory) Started

    Associated Project(s): 
    Collection and Donation of Abandoned Bicycles

    On Monday, 07/20/2026, Sarthak, Frida, and Emma began to inventory the abandoned bicycles collected by University Parking.

    Throughout the next week, the team will work on inventorying all bicycles brought in by Parking. 

    The deadline to retrieve your impounded bicycle is September 25, 2026. Find out how to begin the retrieval process on the Bike at Illinois website: https://bike.illinois.edu/resources/bicycle-roundup/

    Attached Files: 

  19. iCAP Portal Admin Meeting - July 9, 2026

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal

    Attendees

    • Michael McKelvey
    • Quinn Connolly
    • Sarthak Prasad
    • Miriam Keep
    • Christina Tran
    • Bridgette Moen
    • Betsy Ruckman

    Discussion

    • Betsy & Bridgette: hard to find things in the project hierarchy (based on where someone entering a project placed it; don't always find things where you expect)
    • Betsy: things I'd like to see
      • Advanced search, e.g. by theme(s)
      • Keyword tagging
    • "Project Family" terminology is confusing
      • Quinn votes to keep it, even if we rename it
    • Maps
      • Would like to embed existing ArcGIS maps (embed code + title and description) on Project pages
      • Example of GIS embeds: City of Champaign GIS
      • Michael: could embed individual maps; not sure if we can use ArcGIS for mapping across the site in the way we do with our current maps
    • Bridgette: who should go through and review existing projects?
      • Quinn: I'm taking the first pass, then will ask teams to review
    • Bridgette: how are we handling past projects?
      • Quinn: bit of a case-by-case basis, focusing on 2026 iCAP projects visible, but also leaving big infrastructure projects visible. Projects from past iCAPs will still be in there, but will not be as prominent

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