02-28-24 External Meeting
Attendance: Jake Slager, Shawn Patterson, Aaron Finder, Steve Breitwieser, Travis Tate, Alex Nicolauo, Stacy DeLorenzo, Codie Sterner, Jennifer Fraterrigo, and Daphne Hulse.
Attendance: Jake Slager, Shawn Patterson, Aaron Finder, Steve Breitwieser, Travis Tate, Alex Nicolauo, Stacy DeLorenzo, Codie Sterner, Jennifer Fraterrigo, and Daphne Hulse.
Volunteers are needed for two University of Illinois basketball games host to enhanced recycling operations for Fighting Illini, Fighting Waste. Both contests are heavily-anticipated home finales at State Farm Center (SFC): Illinois women’s basketball vs. Nebraska on Sunday, March 3; and men’s basketball vs. Purdue on Tuesday, March 5.
Volunteers will be asked to help educate and encourage fans to recycle their bottles and cans at SFC prior to and during those games, as well as hand-pick recyclables left on floors, seats, and in cupholders after the games. Sign up here: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1852876547. Nitrile gloves and a green volunteer t-shirt will be provided to volunteers.
The Fighting Illini, Fighting Waste initiative is a partnership between Coca-Cola; the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics; the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment; and Facilities & Services. Volunteers collected recyclables at previous basketball and football games in the past two years.
Establishing a university-wide zero waste culture is a top sustainability objective of the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP). For more information about general campus waste management (how that works/what is recycled) and iCAP progress, contact Zero Waste Coordinator Daphne Hulse dlhulse2@illinois.edu, 217-333-7550.
https://fs.illinois.edu/News/volunteer-opportunity-fighting-illini-fighting-waste-basketball-events/
The Zero Waste iCAP Team met on 12/4/2024 to discuss updates with our membership in the Green Sports Alliance, the Coca-Cola Buy-Back program, and current hydration station standards. Daphne Hulse provided data from our former Green Tailgate events to show successes and challenges with waste diversion at football games. The Zero Waste Team will be collaborating with the Engagement iCAP Team to discuss how we can better our volunteer outreach.
Link to article, published on September 22, 2023
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Saturday will mark the very first time Illini Football will host a tailgate recycling event with the “Zero Waste Tailgate.”
The event will be part of the University of Illinois’ Don’t Waste initiative. There will be orange and blue-colored recycling boxes and a bright green dumpster to throw bottles and cans away. Helpers will be of assistance and can be identified by shirts reading, “Be Orange, Go Green.”
Green dumpsters will be placed on the east end of Lot 31 and South First Street. Boxes will be placed throughout Grange Grove and around the Illinois tent in Lot 31.
First-Ever Illini Football Tailgate Recycling Event
Sep 19, 2023 | 10:12 am
New orange and blue recycling boxes and a green dumpster will be available for fans near Memorial Stadium
Illinois Football takes on Florida Atlantic University (FAU) on Saturday, September 23, at Memorial Stadium. Before the non-conference game, several orange and blue recycling boxes and a bright green dumpster will be available to help Fighting Illini fans recycle bottles and cans, which will prevent more items from reaching the landfill.
Individuals in RVs or vehicles entering Lot 31 and Lot 32 will be given blue bags to use to drop off empty bottles and cans at the utility-sized recycling dumpster on the east side of Lot 31, along South First Street. Plastic bottles and aluminum cans and bottles may also be placed by fans into boxes within Grange Grove and around the Illinois Tent in Lot 31. Items may also be thrown in the dumpster.
This first-of-its-kind Tailgate Recycling event on the Urbana campus is a part of the Don’t Waste initiative. Coca-Cola; the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics; the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment; and Facilities & Services are partnering to reduce waste at major campus events and support reaching zero waste goals. Approximately 10 volunteers will wear “Be Orange, Go Green” shirts and will be ready to assist the recycling efforts.
Zero Waste Coordinator Daphne Hulse said, “Illini fans support their team and university like no other. The new Block I–wrapped recycling bins and marked dumpsters for the FAU game will allow tailgaters in these areas to easily recycle bottles and cans and add to the number of pounds of materials diverted from the landfill on our recycling scoreboard.
The new recycling boxes will stay in place for all remaining Illini home games. The next recycling event with volunteers will be Saturday, November 11, when Indiana University visits Champaign.
This year, Don’t Waste has achieved the following milestones:
Establishing a zero waste culture at the U of I is a top sustainability objective of the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP). The iCAP is the university’s strategic plan to meet the Climate Leadership Commitments, including becoming carbon neutral as soon as possible and building resilience to climate change in the local community. The data collected from these engagement efforts will guide future recycling infrastructure improvements in university facilities and be used to establish best practices for implementing sustainable habits at campuswide gatherings and unit-level events.
For more information about general campus waste management (how that works/what is recycled) and iCAP progress, contact Daphne Hulse dlhulse2@illinois.edu, 217-333-7550. And keep watching for social media updates and campus recycling reminders on #DontWasteWednesday.
Link to article, released on September 24, 2023
As guests returned to Memorial Stadium this afternoon for u of i's home game against florida atlantic university, Facilities and Services Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign pushed for a cleaner environment with the help of fans.
It hosted Zero Waste Tailgate to encourage guests to toss bottles, cans, and other recyclable goodsby giving them blue bags and placing a large green dumpster near the stadium.
Zero Waste Coordinator, Daphne Hulse believes those items being provided makes it easier to reduce landfill.
Working at a large scale event like this with high visibility, is a great way not only to engage students, faculty and staff. But also community members that come here for these tailgate events." Hulse said. "Collectively we can work towards reducing that landfilled waste.
The next recycle event will be on November 11th at the stadium for u of i's home game against Indiana University.
It's here, it's here, it's finally here. Waste Transfer Station purchased a new green rolloff container specifically for recycling. We expect to use it for tailgate recycling, welcome week, and any other event that produces an excess of recycling or would benefit from a container dedicated to recyclables.
From: Hulse, Daphne Lauren
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 8:51 AM
To: Etchison, Thurman B <etchisn@illinois.edu>
Subject: Welcome Celebration recycling update
Hi Thurman,
Quick update on the recycling efforts for this coming Friday – good news first: we should have a good turnout of student volunteers for this event.
The complicated news: the 20 Coca-Cola bins did arrive just a few days ago, but they are unfortunately going to require some F&S modifications before they can be put to use. They’re extra sturdy (bolted down to the pallets) which is great for outdoor events, but they do not currently have any openings to put recycling in and dump it out (see picture below). We expect we’ll have to saw open the plastic top, and then they’ll be a useable bin. Coke finished designs on the wrap that will be placed over top of the bins (attached), so they have some messaging on them when we’re ready to put them to use.
As a quick solution, we have 24-26 bottles/cans recycling bins that we can line with blue bags and put to use (picture below). It unfortunately won’t have the great messaging that the Coke bins would have, but we will have the volunteers there to help manage. Not as sturdy as our new bins will be, but I expect better than the bins that were used last year that blew around. F&S will be bringing these over to Lot 31 on Friday when they’re bringing the tables and chairs, so our volunteers can line these with blue bags and place them nearby the trash bins.
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
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DIA and F&S have agreed to the following dates for tailgate recycling events:
Attendance: Shawn Patterson, Dan Hiser, Daphne Hulse
On July 24, 2023 UIUC sustainability representatives met and discussed the following:
Attendance: Bryan Johnson, Pete Varney, Julie Wurth, Steve Breitwieser, Marty Kaufmann, Daphne Hulse
From: Sarah Carten <SCarten@heartlandcocacola.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 9:15 AM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>; Jake Slager <jakeslager@coca-cola.com>
Cc: Liz Doeschot <LDoeschot@heartlandcocacola.com>
Subject: RE: Rvat Containers
Hello Daphne. We are going to schedule to delivery the containers on 8/11 between 8am – 2pm. If something changes and you want sooner, just let me know. Thank you.
Attendance: Jen Fraterrigo, Daphne Hulse, Marty Kaufmann, Zach Acton, Tim Knox
Agenda
Attendance: Jake Slager, Shawn Patterson, Thurman Etchison, Jen Fraterrigo, Steve Breitwieser, Travis Tate, Shreya Mahajan, Daphne Hulse
Coke Updates:
Reusable Cups/Bottles
Athletics
Engagement opportunities
Welcome Week
Bigger Conversations
On June 26, UIUC sustainability representatives met to discuss the following:
Attendance: Shawn Patterson, Marty Kaufmann, Thurman Etchison, Bryan Johnson, Shreya Mahajan, Naveen Reddy, Daphne Hulse
Tailgating / Welcome Week
Coca-Cola ordered 20 recycling bins (metal frame)
Cost will come from the wraps, Jake gathering a quote
Welcome Week Dining - planning meetings that zero waste could join?
Moved to Grange Grove for this year
Thursday, 13th at 9am next meeting (N end)
Consider t-shirts for volunteers
Housing Insider Newsletter
Housing marketing team willing to consider sustainability submissions for consideration in their newsletters, but likely not every edition
Next steps from here? Think about Eweek, iNews, GradLinks as places to include sustainability information, get the larger population thinking about sustainability
Plastic waste reduction
Gathering information, exploring strategies used by peer schools
Aim - engaging/lighthearted
Wednesday 6/28 - meeting with Coca-Cola
Discuss cost of wrap for 20 bins
Assess where we are at with the shared budget
Discuss volunteer shirts for tailgating & explore giveaway items/incentives
Discuss volunteer shirts for Welcome Week
Anything else to add to the agenda for Wednesday?
On June 12, UIUC sustainability representatives met to discuss the following:
Attendance: Shreya Mahajan, Thurman Etchison, Marty Kaufmann, Julie Wurth, Steve Breitwieser, Jen Fraterrigo, Bryan Johnson, Daphne Hulse
In progress: iCAP Zero Waste Recommendations
In progress: Welcome Week 2023
Exploring: Housing Insider Newsletter - Sustainability Highlight
Completed: Water Bottle Station Inventory
On June 1, 2023 UIUC representatives and Coca-Cola met to discuss the following:
Attendance: Naveen Baarla, Jen Fraterrigo, Jake Slager, Marty Kaufmann, Shreya Mahajan, Sarah Carten, Travis Tate
Recycling Value Assessment - Tour
UIUC recognized as a best in class MRF
Upcoming events:
Welcome Week Lunch
Friday, August 18 Lot 31
After State Farm Center convocation
Move in week
Tailgate recycling (near memorial stadium)
Rvat
Bottles and cans collector
4’ tall flag pole
48w x 40d x 41h
Don’t Waste messaging
Could work well with lunch and tailgate recycling (near the collection sites, not near memorial stadium)
Tested at Kentucky Derby, test sites at retail stores
Jake has a follow up with the Derby tomorrow and will see how the vat use was received
Aluminum and steel, chloroplast material. can put a weight down to ensure that it doesn’t blow away
On a pallet
Competitive bin options
Could be near the memorial stadium entrances
Could brand it with DIA sports, football
The Zero Waste iCAP Team submitted ZW010: Tailgate Recycling to the iWG on March 22, 2023. On April 19, 2023, the iWG transmitted the approved recommendation to the DIA and F&S leaders, Josh Whitman and Ehab Kamarah.
On May 1, UIUC sustainability representatives met and discussed the following:
Attendance: Julie Wurth, Marty Kaufmann, Shawn Patterson, Thurman Etchison, Bryan Johnson, Steve Breitwieser, Jen Fraterrigo, Daphne Hulse
Agenda:
External meeting with Coca-Cola canceled last week
Daphne to meet with Jake Slager Wednesday to discuss:
Heavy-duty bins to replace ‘cardboard’ bins for outdoor events (Welcome Week).
Football tailgate recycling plan. Make this a Fighting Illini, Fighting Waste expansion.
UIUC Materials Recovery Facility - Detroit Airport (DTW) wants to hear about UIUC operations.
Dump & Run
F&S and Housing communications
iSEE communications
On March 20, UIUC sustainability representatives met and discussed the following:
Attendance: Julie Wurth, Pete Varney, Marty Kaufmann, Shawn Patterson, Thurman Etchison, Bryan Johnson, Travis Tate, Daphne Hulse
Agenda: