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Sarthak Prasad shared 2018 notes from conversations held with stakeholders at The Ohio State University, West Lafayette (Purdue University), Bevier Cafe (University of Illinois), US Army Corps -- Champaign, and Michigan State University -- East Lansing on the topic of anerobic digesters. Attached are the notes. The document will continue to grow as more conversations occur.
Sarthak Prasad, Jen Fraterrigo, and Daphne Hulse intend to pursue conversations with campuses that have successfully installed anaerobic digesters. Michigan State University and Pennsylvania State University have been identified as the first campuses to initiate a conversation with. The goal of these conversations will be to understand how campuses achieved momentum and will for the digesters to be financed and built (stakeholders include but are not limited to farmers, relevant academic departments, crop sciences, digester operators, waste management and sustainability, organic waste haulers, researchers).
From: Zach Hansen <zhansen@na.com>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 10:16 AM
To: Varney, Pete <pvarney@illinois.edu>; Sinn, Macie <sinn1@illinois.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Food Composting
Sounds great!
Daphne, if you are interested in getting more information on this solution, my counterparts in California has worked closely together on a number of projects with them so I could set up a call.
Thanks and I hope you all had a great weekend!
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From: Varney, Pete <pvarney@illinois.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 9:01 AM
To: Zach Hansen <zhansen@na.com>; Sinn, Macie <sinn1@illinois.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Food Composting
Coincidence?
Daphne just discussed composting with me last week and it is of importance to her. I’ll let her take the lead on this if she wishes to follow-up.
Thank you,
Pete
(217) 333-7583
From: Zach Hansen <ZHansen@na.com>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 4:37 PM
To: Varney, Pete <pvarney@illinois.edu>; Sinn, Macie <sinn1@illinois.edu>; Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Subject: Food Composting
Hi Pete, Macie, and Daphne,
Completely unrelated to the F&S meetings that we have been having, but I wanted to bring this to your attention.
If there are increases in demand for composting around the facilities like cafeterias, housing, even athletics, this was a pretty cool machine that seems incredibly easy to use and composts food scraps in 5 days!
https://info.waxie.com/for-solutions
Have a great weekend!
Zach
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Jun 2023 photos of the Florida Orchard Prairie have been added to the box folder.
All, Short week for me as I was out Wed – Fri last week. My staff covered in my absence.
In the couple days I did work, we got the rest of the bikes out of the barn and began some Tetris-like work in reorganizing our space and bikes. Got a deluge of applications since I was out, which is great. I’ll schedule interviews for this week.
Likely will get very busy this week as students return. I’ll build bikes as I can.
The numbers:
Visitors: 20
Sales: $1,021
Bikes (refurb): 3 for $480
Memberships: 8 for $240
Tires/tubes: 4 for $52
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qGob6lBsBE and now featured on the Reduce Single-Use Plastics Project Page.
From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 9:37 AM
To: Fraterrigo, Jennifer M <jmf@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: DRS battery disposal
Hi Jen,
Follow up - the Waste Transfer Station does not track how many lead acid batteries are collected across campus and picked up by Interstate, so I have reached out to Interstate to see if pickups are something they track.
Thank you!
Daphne
Daphne Hulse (she/her)
Zero Waste Coordinator
Facilities & Services | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+1 (217) 333-7550 | dlhulse2@illinois.edu
https://fs.illinois.edu/zero-waste
Please consider the environment before printing an email. Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure.
From: Fraterrigo, Jennifer M <jmf@illinois.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 10:24 AM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: DRS battery disposal
In other words, we generate revenue from recycling the lead acid batteries and then use that revenue to purchase new lead acid batteries. Is that correct? That’s great!
Thanks for following up with Surplus. Once I hear back from you I will reach out to Seema.
Jen
From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 10:03 AM
To: Fraterrigo, Jennifer M <jmf@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: DRS battery disposal
More info on the batteries: the lead acid batteries that are taken to the cage on the west side of WTS are then given back to Interstate Batteries as a refundable core deposit. This is often mandated by state legislature. Lead acid batteries are used in vehicles (so our Garage is a big producer of these), and the cost of purchasing new lead acid batteries covers the cost of returning them for recycling. So these are one type of battery currently successfully being recycled. I’ll see if WTS keeps a record of weight on this, to know how much we are recycling.
I will follow up with Surplus to see if they have any idea how many electronics batteries they are sending to Secure Processors, the vendor that accepts these kinds of batteries for recycling.
Thank you,
Daphne
On July 19, 2023, the Eco-Counters at the Bookstore/Transit Plaza location were installed. This is the fifth location on-campus that has the counters. This counter was purchased and installed through the funding awarded by SSC.
On August 7, 2023 Amy Rosenbery sent the following email:
Hi Morgan!
I’m working on our inventory and the Foam Compacting machine that Ben purchased in 2015 is on our list.
Do you know if this equipment went to ISTC? I don’t know who has this or where it’s located. It used to be on the 2nd floor here at NSRC but it’s not there anymore.
Best,
Amy
On August 9, 2023 Morgan White replied:
Hi Amy,
That Styrofoam machine was transferred to a different non-profit in Illinois, by ISTC. Joe Pickowitz and Shantanu Pai were involved in getting it moved form ISTC to the other non-UIUC facility.
Thanks,
Morgan
Amy replied:
Hi Morgan!
That’s what I thought. I found an email about it going to Community Resource, Inc. in Urbana so I looked them up and the place is permanently closed now.
The equipment is still showing up on iSEE’s inventory.
Thanks for your help!
Best,
Amy
From: Hill, Landon E <landon@illinois.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 4:20 PM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Cc: Fraterrigo, Jennifer M <jmf@illinois.edu>; Varney, Pete <pvarney@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: DRS battery disposal
Hi.
Is there something specific that you are looking for?
DRS picks up most anything chemical that is requested for disposal through the campus waste management app: https://www.drs.illinois.edu/Page/RequestAWastePickup
All alkaline batteries are trashed.
Rechargeable batteries are recycled.
Lead acid batteries are taken to the cage on the west side of the Waste Transfer Station.
Landon
On 08/07/2023, Sarthak and Hrushikesh had a monthly meeting with Jake.
Meeting Notes:
- Actively promoting Bike Registration to students or commuters visiting and using the Campus Bike Center.
- Campus Bike Center should have printer QR code sticker/ flyer for Bike Registration.
- Bike Friendly Application will be submitted on 08/08/2023.
- Light the Night Event near Ikenberry Hopkins Hall and ARC.
- Bike Lights including the screw fitting types will be used for the events.
- Bike Safety Quiz is recommended to be promoted by the Campus Bike Center.
- Merchandise purchase order is placed.
- How to use Outdoor Pumps video can be made by the Campus Recreation marketing team.
To do for Sarthak:
- Find out Campus Bike Center Built-up area for UIC recommendation.
- Try to get the merchandise before August 20th for the Campus Bike Center events.
All, These days feel like the calm before the storm. Starting to get phone calls and emails from families and folks looking for bikes as they plan to come to town. We’ll sell out of our supply of bikes before the semester begins, if past demand is any indication. We’ll work on getting a few more B-a-Bs prepped and ready to go, as demand looks to increase in the absence of refurbished bikes.
I’ll be out of the office Wednesday – Friday this week. My staff will cover open hours on those days.
The numbers:
Sales: $572
Bikes (refurb): 2 for $345
Memberships: 2 for $60
Tires/tubes: 6 for $43
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
Illinois Solar Decathlon President Rachel Chen met with Marty Smith to discuss the possibility of having the current next solar decathlon home built at the hope village project. Marty discussed possibilities for a separated subdivision of homes. But the more likely option would be to construct a library or community building than a single family home. Either of these options would be more likely during the next building cycle for solar decathlon.
79 outdoor dual bins remain in storage.
From: Hawkins, Todd B <hawkns@illinois.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 8:03 AM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Cc: Mininger, Timothy R <mininger@illinois.edu>
Subject: FW: Siebel recycle bins
Good morning. The recycle bins for site A8 SW. corner of Siebel were installed yesterday afternoon.
Thank you.
Todd Hawkins
Foreperson
University of Illinois
F&S Ironworkers
Office 217-244-5451
Mobile 217-493-9814
1501 S. Oak St
Champaign Il, 61820
All, Slow visitor-wise, but busy otherwise. Moved almost all the bikes out of the round barn, and the very last of them I’ll get this week. Sounds like we’ll have less bikes from the round up than in years’ past, something I am happy for. Hopefully, it means more people are caring about and actually riding their bikes—a guy can dream! Irrespective of the reason, less bikes means less grunt work, and that’s a huge plus in my book.
We are still up to our ears in kids’ bikes, as the ones we have are not coming together as I’d like. Lots of short-supply parts are needed. I’ll need to dedicate some off-hours time to this as these kinds of projects are not well-suited to student staff/volunteers, apparently.
The numbers:
Visitors: 25
Sales: $890.34
Bikes (refurb): 3 for $535
Memberships: 2 for $60
Tires/tubes: 5 for $50
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2023 3:19 PM
To: Weaver, Jeff <jweaver2@uillinois.edu>
Subject: Surplus and waste memo / batteries
Hi Jeff,
On a different note, battery recycling is a topic that has come up several times recently. F&S does not have any comprehensive program at this point. DRS collects batteries from departments for disposal through their hazardous waste vendor, but they do not recycle the batteries. Regarding batteries from devices such as computers, laptops, cell phones, tablets, and other small devices, (devices that will not be redistributed out to departments for reuse) do you know how these are handled through the state? If they are recycled?
[Surplus response] For the small batteries in those devices, we ship them to Secure Processors, the downstate State contracted electronics recycling vendor. We don’t know how the vendor handles the batteries on their end after we ship them.
Thank you,
Daphne
Daphne Hulse (she/her)
Zero Waste Coordinator
Facilities & Services | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+1 (217) 333-7550 | dlhulse2@illinois.edu
Please consider the environment before printing an email. Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure.
Hi Leon,
Hope you are doing well.
I am Sarthak Prasad, and I work as the Sustainable Transportation Assistant at Facilities & Services. Morgan and I are working with Sterling Laylock, from Integrating Green Technologies, on Energy-Efficient HVAC Infection Control. Last year, two of the Masters in Energy Systems, Ali Khan and Dhruvraaj Gambhire, collaborated with us on this project. I wanted to reach out to you and ask if you would be available to meet with us in the next couple of weeks? We wanted to ask if one or two of the Energy Systems graduate students would be interested in helping us out this year as well. Please send me your availability for the next couple of weeks.
Thank you,
Sarthak
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Good afternoon Sarthak
Thank you for your note.
It would be a privilege if our M.Eng. students could again work with you, thank you!
Please can you send me a topic (or topics) and a brief description (or descriptions) of the work that you would like our students to do?
Many thanks! I look forward to your further communication.
Kind regards
Leon
July 2023 photos of the Florida Orchard Prarie have been added to the box folder.
All, Calm and slow week. All the abandoned bikes out front of the Bike Center were removed. We had a few people in wondering where their bikes had gone, so there’s some “educational” opportunities around the process still.
As the abandoned bike removal process is underway, we still have around 30 bikes to get out of the round barn, which we’ll tackle this week with the help of Bike Project volunteers.
I’ll be interviewing a potential hire this week who’s a PhD student from the Netherlands. I’m eager to get their perspective on ways we can improve our community—or ways we’re already doing well!
The numbers:
Visitors: 32
Sales: $569.45
Bikes (refurb): 2 for $325
Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $50
Memberships: 2 for $60
Tires/tubes: 5 for $ 50
Thanks!
Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator
Attached are informational graphics on the 2023 Dump and Run program.
