On May 17, 2023 Morgan White, Daphne Hulse, and Marc Alexander met to discuss the future of Dump and Run.

• F&S will need to provide public functions stuff for YMCA dump and run sale in the fall (use SSC funding - what is left)

• We will need to create a MOU including what all this means for YMCA and long-term funding for their sale and our spring move out

  • Be sure to include that F&S will support the August sale in a public functions capacity, and supports the continued use of Stock Pavilion

• Honor the partnership with the YMCA

  • MOU get marc’s perspective, morgan’s perspective, pete’s perspective, housing’s perspective

• Be clear that there is a spring collection and august sale. They are separate events but all under the Dump and Run name.

  • Phrase example: “The Campus Bike Center is a collaboration between UIUC and the Bike Project of Champaign.”

    • Dump and Run: “Dump and Run is a collaboration between University YMCA and UIUC.”

  • Collaboration means that we sometimes work in different capacities as the university can be so much larger than a small organization

  • Daphne to draft a MOU for F&S-Housing and F&S-YMCA

    • “…Based on x y z background this is how we intend to move forward in our partnership over the years. One year time intervals automatically renewed each year unless a party decides something should change or cease…”

• Recurring expenses could be argument among us internally to determine who should contribute (Morgan thinks this is a Pete question)

  • Student fees can go to anything

  • State funds to Housing is slightly limited

  • State funds to off campus entities is very limited

• Timeline

  • Get the MOU signed and approved before move in weekend, so we can proclaim it the way we planned to

  • August for YMCA to rubber stamp it

• As a general reference, it is good to get things written down and signed on a MOU with existing leadership who support these initiatives, so they continue even when leadership changes

The following is an email sent by John Marlin on May 16, 2023:

As most of you know I am retired from campus and involved in other off campus conservation activities. I will no longer be overseeing the Burrill Hall native planting.

During the pandemic, maintenance at campus native plantings by volunteers was not allowed.  This coupled with very dry conditions caused deterioration of several sites including the one at Burrill Hall. F&S bought the woodland wildflowers for the planting and the Entomology Department installed them and provided some maintenance in conjunction with some students.

Department head May Berenbaum has put together an effort to revitalize the planting and has some limited funding for some maintenance of the native plants.  F&S plans to make some changes in part of the area and the path is to be restored.  Daniel Bush will initially work with the native plants and supervise any students. 

In the past weeds removed from the site were placed by the two square concrete benches and I notified Ryan Welch who had the maintenance crew remove them.  I assume a similar arrangement can be made possibly with Mr. Dalby as the contact.

This site was quite popular with people walking past and provided a good instructional resource, especially the area near the sidewalk.  I hope that this will continue.

John C. Marlin

Dennis Dalby replied:

Thank you John,

It was nice meeting you today to gain some of your tips and input regarding the planting and upkeep of this area.  I’ve been working with Ryan Welch and SIB to get this area brought back up to its current level and look forward to its improved upkeep with the discussions that we had today.  We’ll be working with Ryan to have a wood chip path added once again and will add a few small plants of our own within the areas that we (MCB) will maintain.  SIB will maintain the areas of the native plants.  It will look and function much better once all is in place.

Thanks again for stopping by to share your experience,

Dennis

Collections began at 10am on Monday morning and continued through 3pm on Saturday afternoon. More than 16,000 pounds of household items were donated to Goodwill through the program. Salt & Light collected 3,500 pounds of soft items (clothes, bedding, linens

The following is an email sent by Stephanie Hess on May 11, 2023.

Green Research Committee,

Jeremy and I met with Susan, Ehab, and Madhu last week to give them an update on our progress over the past few weeks. I have attached the topics discussed. Here is a brief summary of that meeting and how we propose to move forward.

• The October deadline can be extended. However, if there are requests for campus funding, it is a good deadline since all the budget meetings with the Provost happen in the Spring. As long as we continue making progress, we will update them in October with what we have done by then.
• When we write recommendations, we should consider the financial impact. Cost to implement and money saved following implementation.
• Jeremy is going to put together a single document that includes the information Paul shared on Teams and more details for the topics discussed in the meeting. That will be shared with the committee.
• Next meeting, we will discuss that document. Please read it before the meeting and write comments.

I will try to get something on the calendar soon.

Thanks,

Stephanie

Attached is the Informal Summary.

by: Noah Nelson

Posted: May 6, 2023 / 02:00 PM CDT

Updated: May 10, 2023 / 06:13 PM CDT

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — U of I Facilities and Services (F&S) announced that the 21st annual Dump and Run event is expanding to multiple campus locations this year beginning Monday, May 8.

The U of I said the Dump and Run event, a collaboration between University Housing and U of I F&S, is designed to achieve campus sustainability goals, including reaching zero waste targets and preventing trash from reaching waterways and landscapes.

Officials said in past years when the event was hosted at the University YMCA, more than 30 tons of material was recycled and kept from reaching the landfill because of these efforts.

U of I officials said expanding the Dump and Run event this year makes it easier for students and others to donate unwanted items at the end of the semester. They said eight 20’ x 8’ mobile storage units will be placed near campus residence halls for the event, including:

• Barton Hall/Flagg Hall/Weston Hall/Student Dining and Residential Programs Building
• Busey Hall/Evans Hall
• Florida Avenue Residence Halls (Oglesby Hall)/Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls
• Hopkins Hall
• Illinois Street Residence Halls (Wardall Hall)
• Lincoln Avenue Residence Halls (Allen Hall)
• Nugent Hall/Wassaja Hall
• Taft Hall/Van Doren Hall/Snyder Hall

University volunteers will be available at the sites to help prevent overflow and ensure additional pickups as necessary.

“We’re excited to bring the Dump and Run event right to where the students live and closer to the majority of faculty and staff,” said Daphne Hulse, F&S zero waste coordinator. “This setup offers everyone a simple way to give back to local nonprofits while preventing littering and keeping items that can be reclaimed from reaching the landfill unnecessarily.

Each day, the containers will be opened at specific times to accept donations. Officials said individuals can donate surplus or gently used items by putting them into bulk boxes inside the containers. Accepted items include:

• Accessories (handbags, belts, scarves, hats, etc.)
• Appliances – small to medium size (coffee makers, kettles, mini-fridges, microwaves, etc.)
• Books
• Collectibles/antiques
• Computers and equipment (printers, cables, speakers, hard drives, monitors, etc.)
• Clothing (rips and tears are okay – but must be washed)
• Electronics
• Furniture
• Housewares (dishes, mirrors, decorative accessories, etc.)
• Jewelry
• Linens
• Lamps
• Multimedia (DVDs, CDs, records, etc.)
• Shoes
• TVs (flat screen only)

Throughout the week, officials said the donations will be collected by local participating charities Salt & Light and Goodwill.

“We are pleased to continue to support the Dump and Run initiative, which is a benefit to our residents, the campus, and the local community,” said Alma R. Sealine, executive director of University Housing.

The donation schedule includes:

• May 8: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• May 9: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• May 10: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• May 11: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• May 12: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• May 13: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

U of I students and staff can donate accepted items in one of the available mobile storage units during open hours until Saturday, May 13.

May 2, 2023 Green Research Committee Meeting 2

Present: Mitchell Bryant, Shari Effert-Fanta, Paul Foote, Jennifer Fraterrigo, Stephanie Hess, Daphne Hulse, Maisie Kingren, Tim Mies, Lisa Moore, Jeremy Neighbors, Chad Stevens, Sabrina Summers

Absent: Morgan White

Discussion:

• Meeting with leadership on Friday (Jeremy and Stephanie)
• Discuss ideas for each team:
  
  • Team 1
    
    • Mitchell: outreach to graduate students who are disposing of waste. What can and cannot go down the sink and other waste diversion mechanism to keep it from reaching the environment.
    • Stephanie: what kind of waste?
    • Mitchell: plastic waste is an issue in itself in the laboratory. There’s a balance because some things need to be sterile.
    • Stephanie: can we repurpose any waste? Hexane for example can be used as fuel unless disposed of improperly.
    • Tim: every lab needs a point contact for lab safety. Don’t leave it to the students alone to know what they are doing.
    • Jen: you must have standard operating procedures in the lab safety binder. Students must review and sign off that they’ve read it. Also includes waste disposal.
    • Maisie: One point of contact for waste disposal and another contact for other responsibilities would be ideal.
    • Mitchell: not many people know to close the sash.
    • Stephanie: how to reach grad students? Stuff on walls becomes wallpaper eventually.
    • Mitchell: flyers at labs, fume hood posters, buildings have digital boards that scroll especially if it’s a lab building. Newsletters to reach different audiences.
    • Paul: fun competitions to promote good behavior. Pizza parties, trophies for winners. Chem Life Sciences proximity alarm for shutting the sash.
    • Jeremy: energy saving technology on ventilation systems. It would be good to establish a policy on what those systems should be helpful to know what we are getting out of it. Not necessarily energy, but the maintenance/safety side of reducing maintenance for things (duct/conduit). Lab space management - objective 2.1 in the iCAP. objective 4.1 is reduce water consumption. Adding to the chilled water is really expensive.
      
      • Paul: be a liaison between facilities on campus to know what’s going on, to coordinate, and ensure better outcomes. Nobody has a roll assigned to this.
      • Stephanie: some faculty no longer do research but still have their lab space. It may be because they think they might return in a future year. Regardless, departments need to know how many active wet labs they want to maintain. Some people are exclusively hired for outdoor lab work but still have indoor labs.
        
        • Safety issues arise when researchers are hired and have to use tiny spaces.
        • Research work is going more interdisciplinary as we go. The traditional way to manage space was to do it within facility, but some people need to share space across disciplines.
  • Team 2
    
    • My Green Lab training was very good, according to Stephanie. Could encourage grad students to do it, only an hour long.
    • Stephanie would like to composting with animal bedding.
      
      • Jen and Daphne have explored composting, but have found that Central Illinois is not there yet in terms of infrastructure needed to compost on a larger scale.
    • Daphne introduced recycling and waste management.
      
      • Currently only recycle 5 items: plastic 1 and 2, aluminum, paper, cardboard, and scrap metal.
      • There may be an opportunity to grow in our plastic 5 recycling. This is a material that seems to crop up a lot in research. Vet med is doing a small scale recycling program, and is sending their items over to ISTC.
      • Summer and fall 2023 F&S is rolling out a program to recycle paper hand towels from bathrooms and laboratories. Piloting in a few buildings this summer and upon success will roll out into more buildings. Paper towels are not heavy, but they are a source of waste in labs that can be reduced through this new program.
    • Group question - are the brown glasses for recycling, or for disposal? Stuff we don’t know about that we should explore.

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