Spring 2018 semesterly report submitted to the Student Sustainability Committee for the Red Oak Rain Garden 2.0 project.

The Spring 2018 semesterly report for the aquaponics demonstration submitted to the Student Sustainability Committee.

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Spring 2018 Semesterly Report Submitted to the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) on behalf of INNER VOICES.

Hi Pete and Shawn—

Here are the zero-waste activities for the week: Morgan, Brent Lewis, and I met with Shawn Hopkins of Bigbelly to discuss possibilities for indoor bins. 

• I responded some emails about styrofoam recycling.
• I participated in a CURC listserv discussion about conveyor belt sorting systems. I asked Morgan about any pictures, videos, schematics, and data we might be able to share,
• I drafted a semesterly report and scope-and-timeline change request for the SSC funding to see if they can give us another year and if we can focus the remaining funds on replacing the outdoor bins with dual bins. Morgan has the draft to review. 
• I responded to an inquiry from La Casa Cultural Latina about participating in the glove recycling program. 

Best regards,
Marya Ryan
Zero Waste Coordinator

Hi Pete and Shawn—

This past week, I 

• Fielded email about the styrofoam recycling drop-off at Dart.
• Updated the Styrecycle page in the iCAP portal.
• Rescheduled a meeting with Shawn Hopkins of Big Belly, at his request. He, Morgan, Brent, and I will meet next week.
• Reviewed my records to estimate how much time I’ve spent on bins/source separation, glove recycling, and other zero-waste activities so that Morgan and I can provide the relevant information in the final SSC report. 

Best regards,
Marya Ryan
Zero Waste Coordinator

SSC approves the Illinois Biodisel Initative scope change request to extend its funding agreement until May 2019. The amount of allocated funding has not changed.

Hi Pete and Shawn—

Here is a summary of zero-waste activity from this past week: 

• I completed a draft Architecture Review Committee proposal for replacing trash bins with dual bins in the core campus area. It is with Morgan for her comments.
• The BER student volunteers have been in touch. Two of them are available over the summer to review the OBFS/Purchasing report of departments that purchase gloves. They will use the campus directory to identify initial contact people in the departments so that they and/or other volunteers can reach out to departments that are not yet participating in the glove recycling program. I will prepare the report for their use by deleting departments that are already participating and those that purchase only small amounts of gloves (under $2,000 for the year covered by the report). 
• I emailed Joe Pickowitz to see if the vendors have provided parts for the EPS densifier yet. He was also making inquiries about obtaining throughput data for the machine. 

Best regards,
Marya Ryan
Zero Waste Coordinator