You are here

Recycling Bins for Residence Halls

Project Description

This project was developed by Eco-mmunity, a team of students passionate about sustainability, after noticing that students were not recycling within the residence halls. After further research, interviews, and observations of facilities and processes, this team noticed that it all came down to students' convenience. After completing a pilot study this team recognized that if students had the option to sort their trash and recycling in their room, they were much more likely to participate in recycling. With recycling bins placed in each student's individual room, alongside their trash bin, students could conveniently dump them into their corresponding bins in the trash rooms at the end of the hallway. The goal of this project is to create positive long lasting habits that residents and students will continue to use after leaving University Housing. This team also hopes that this larger awareness and convenience of recycling will stimulate and promote more recycling around campus, as well as set a standard for other non-University I-lousing and private certified residencies to follow.

No description has been provided yet.

Funding Details

Student Campus Environment Fee (SCEF) - 303692
Fiscal Year Status Amount Date Operations
2015 Allocated $56,547.00 5/11/2015 Edit | Delete

SSC Basic Info

Year Started: 2015
Semester: Spring
Status: Closed
Student Led? Yes
Project Category: Food and Waste

SSC Project Team

Project Lead:

Kevin Hauger (khauger2@illinois.edu)

Financial Advisor:

Herb Jones (joneshe@illinois.edu)

Team Members:

  • Herb Jones
  • Kevin Hauger
  • Kirsten Myles
  • Kim Hodges

Illinois Green Fund - Student Sustainability Committee