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Decrease Wasteful Practices through Behavior Change (Ongoing)

Project History

  • Zero Waste iCAP Team Meeting

    12/3/2021

    The Zero Waste iCAP Team met on Friday, December 3 to discuss and finalize the two recommendations related to the team's water bottle behavior change campaign.

  • Reusable Container Project on Portal

    10/4/2021

    From: Moore, Meredith Kaye

    To: White, Morgan

    Recipients: mbwhite at illinois.edu

    Hi Morgan,

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Description

The Illinois Climate Action Plan includes a vision of Zero Waste for campus, but ultimately the only way to really achieve Zero Waste is by getting behavior change in individuals. 

Materials consumption contributes directly to climate change. It requires energy to mine, extract, harvest, process, and transport raw materials, and more energy to manufacture, transport and, after use, dispose of products. This is a throw-away society. Waste prevention and recycling are important components in the University’s effort toward carbon neutrality, and that includes behavior change.

The New York Times pubished an opinion about overconsumption in 2008, called "What's Your Cosumption Factor?" 

 

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  • Primary Contact:

    Bart Bartels

    Project Leader:

    Tracy Osby

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