First in house 3-Bins delivered
Associated Project(s):
These 2 units were delivered to Noyes 1st floor north and south entry ways 11/12/2024.
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Projects Updates for place: Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC)
In house 3 bins
Associated Project(s):Fabricated through our own mill shop. Cost to make two of these bins is attached.
Attached Files:Outfitting main quads with 3-bins
Associated Project(s):Members of the Zero Waste Team analyzed the main buildings in each of the three central quads. Locations of current 3-bins were noted as well as areas where more were needed. The plan is to transition away from single flow trash and recycling bins towards a system where only 3-bins are used in main hallways. This will ensure that there are well marked bins in highly visible areas and will condense the many bins that need to be serviced by university workers into fewer overall bins. Overall this initiative will lead to improved waste management efficiency and increased recycling rates across the campus.
Attached Files:Styrofoam recycling communications
Associated Project(s):Good afternoon!
Info sharing...
Sad day for local Styrofoam recycling. 🙁 Dart Corp is closing at the end of this year. They reached out to me to request that I update our website info re: Styrofoam recycling.
He said the Styrofoam drop-off will remain open until Friday, Sept 29th.
Dart Container closing Urbana plant by end of year; 135 jobs to be lost
Company said it will provide offers of severance and job placement assistance to workers currently employed; Urbana police were asked by Dart to stand by at a company employee meeting
Please forward this to whoever you think would be interested in knowing.
Nichole
1 Slim Bin placed at the Waste Transfer Station
Associated Project(s):P10H08575 placed in Waste Transfer Station break room
1 Slim Bin placed at Materials Research Laboratory
Associated Project(s):P10H08574 placed in the Materials Research Laboratory
3 Slim Bins placed at Siebel Center for Design
Associated Project(s):P10H08580 placed on the first floor- East
P10H08581 placed on the first floor- West
P10H08585 placed on basement level
3 Slim Bins placed at Micro & Nanotechnology lab
Associated Project(s):P1H08584 placed on first floor
P10H08583 placed on second floor
P10H08582 placed on third floor
[WUNA-Main] Will Styrofoam recycling continue post-Dart?
Associated Project(s):From Kathy's Mailbag in today's News-Gazette:
“I'm wondering if Styrofoam recycling will stop when the Dart Container plant closes at the end of the year. Our community Styrofoam recycling program is one of just six in the state, with the other 5 located in the Chicago area. Will this program be saved for our community?”
Michael Westerfield, Dart Container Corporation’s vice president for sustainability, notified the City of Champaign that the community Styrofoam recycling program hosted by Dart will remain in operation until Sept. 29.
Nichole Millage, the City of Champaign’s environmental sustainability specialist, said at this time she is not aware of any other companies or recycling processors in the area that have the equipment (densifier) to recycle Styrofoam. “If new options become available, I will make sure folks are aware.”
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Hi Morgan and Scott,
Could the city of Urbana or the UIUC buy Dart’s densifier and operate it for the community?
Jeff
4 bins placed at Music Building - last of the 28 bin order
Associated Project(s):P10H08419 placed on Lower Level C0220 near stairs, P10H08418 placed on second floor C2220 against north brick wall, P10H08117 placed on third floor C3200 east wall/elevator landing, P10H08416 placed on fourth floor C4200 east wall/evelator landing.
3 slim bins placed at Levis Faculty Center
Associated Project(s):P10H08422 placed on the second floor south side, P10H08421 placed on the third floor north side, and P10H08420 placed on the third floor south side.
Foam Compacting Machine Location and Status
Associated Project(s):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,
AmyOn 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,
Amy1 bin placed at Institute for Genomic Biology
Associated Project(s):P10G96450 placed in the cafe, 613, on the south wall near the TV monitor.
1 bin placed at Engineering Sciences Building
Associated Project(s):P10G96448 placed in the vestibule outside the bottom of the stairwell, C0192.
1 bin placed at Materials Research Laboratory
Associated Project(s):P10G96449 placed at C100A.
1 bin placed at National Soybean Research Center
Associated Project(s):P10H08415 on first floor outside 137, near lecture hall.
2 slim bins placed at Krannert Art Museum
Associated Project(s):P10H08424 outside of room 62 in the basement and P10H0843 in 163C area where the old cafe space used to be.
1 slim bin placed at Siebel Center for Design
Associated Project(s):P10G96447 lower lobby against the west wall.
1 bin placed at Children's Research Center
Associated Project(s):P10G96446 C108 hallway by stairs.
1 bin placed at Law Building
Associated Project(s):P10G96445 on first floor near Pennsylvania Ave entrance.
