Attached are the meeting minutes and chat log of the Zero Waste SWATeam on 12/4/2020. 

The following were discussed:

• SSC Letter of Support for Illini Union Shadowbox Recycling project
• Vermicomposting
• Composting
• NASEM Circular Economy Conference
• Food Literacy Project

Attached are the meeting minutes and chat from the Zero Waste SWATeam meeting on 11/13.

Discussed were the following topics:

• Update: Adopt-a-highway/Clean-up Program
• Composting Partnership: Alex Poltorak of Urban Canopy
• Student Project: Vermiculture Composting
• Grind2Energy Additional Scope
• Food Literacy Project
• Update: Clean Plate Program
• Purchasing Sustainability Update

Attached are the meeting minutes and chat log for the Zero Waste SWATeam meeting on 2 October at 4PM.

Also attached are resources for the conversation surrounding vending machine alternatives. 

The agenda for this meeting is as follows:

• Introductions
• Announcements
  • Sustainability Celebration Information
    • Student member involvement
  • SSC Working Group Meeting Invitation
• iCAP 2020 Objectives Assessment
  • Team Members assigned objectives.
  • Deadline for member contributions is 10/9 at noon.
• Refresher

  • America To Go Sustainability criteria

    • SWATeam can provide help in determining appropriate sustainability criteria to include.
  • Vending Machine Single Use Plastics Alternatives Discussion
    • Working through various points of consideration.
    • Tabled discussion.

The Zero Waste SWATeam made the following recommendation on 4/3/2020: 

We are recommending a pilot program for what we are calling the Student Sustainability Ambassadors initiative. The main idea is to have teams assigned to buildings – one team per building - on campus with student volunteers playing a central role in these teams. Other members of each team: the Building Manager, one or two Zero Waste Contacts in each building (i.e. staff or faculty volunteers in each building from a list of campus contacts that the ZW Coordinator will put together with a view to promoting ZW.)

The focus of each team: all aspects that are relevant to whether a building is being operated sustainably with attention to the actions of people in the building. This includes reducing waste, increasing recycling, sustainable purchasing, natural landscaping, energy use, amount of printing that is done, and so on. A large focus will be placed on relating these components to the iCAP goals and objectives.

Student Sustainability Ambassadors will speak with people who work in the building about issues they notice and about how they use the building. They will work to quantify waste/energy/resources used/etc. in their assigned building. They will help to inform people in the assigned building about all matters pertaining to sustainability including issues at the campus level, in particular the goals of iSEE and F&S. They will also work to provide solutions to problems they identify in their buildings.

Attached is the SWATeam recommendation ZW001 Student Sustainability Ambassador Program with comments from the Zero Waste SWATeam.

Attached are the meeting minutes from the Zero Waste SWATeam meeting on 6 March 2020. 

The agenda for the meeting was as follows:

Updates

• Finder, Sustainability Catering (America To Go)
• M. Liberman and R. McKim Student Sustainability Ambassadors

March Recommendations Selection

• Student Sustainability Ambassadors
• America To Go Sustainability Criteria
• Aluminum Vending Machine Conversion

Future Recommendation Ideas

• Plastic Bag Recycling
• Plastic Bag Ban
• Elimination of Single-use Plastic from Food Providers
• Glass Recycling 
• Solar Panel Recycling/Reuse Program
• Sustainable Utensils and Dishes

Attached are the meeting notes from the iWG meeting on 2/10/2020. This meeting focused on discussing the Zero Waste section of the iCAP 2020.