All, Slower times here at the Bike Center (in terms of visitors). We’re almost slow enough that we can reinstate the First Visit Free policy. Not quite there, as we’ll have lulls but pick back up again.

It was discovered that the CBC Google Business hours were not updated when we moved to M – F, which explains why we we’ve been so slow on Tues/Thurs. That has since been corrected so we’ll see if that impacts visit numbers this week.

Last week I started sorting bikes at the warehouse for shipment/donation. We’ll be saving even more bikes than usual as we’re critically low on consumable parts like tires.

We managed to rehab a Huffy to an acceptable degree. The frame was in good shape and we piloted a new freewheel system that should hopefully help keep those types of bikes rideable for longer. That bike sold in about 20 minutes. Demand for cheap bikes is evergreen.

This week I’ll do more sorting at the warehouse and coordinating the donation, an interview or two, and otherwise business-as-usual.

The numbers:

Visitors: 78
Sales: $479.50
Bikes (refurb): 1 for $70
Memberships: 5 for $150
Tires/tubes: 9 for $58

Thanks!

Jacob Benjamin
Campus Bike Center Coordinator

On October 3, UIUC sustainability representatives met and discussed the following:

Attendance: Pete Varney, Meredith Moore, Shreya Mahajan, Bryan Johnson, Marty Kaufmann, Morgan White, Daphne Hulse

• Bryan Johnson: res life. Will be having a conversation with the res life Director. Seeing if Sustainability LLC wants to take on the sticker.
• Waste audit: submit a request for the SSC funding. Meredith and Dave discussed this before Daphne joined, wanting to pursue SSC funding.
  • Daphne would do the request. Ask for 25,000 for step 1, and then submit the actual cost in step 2.
• Tim Knox is on the engagement iCAP team. Tim and Marty talk every couple of weeks. Tim had been talking with COO (Roger, chief operations officer) about the need for better recycling for tailgating. This will be in the works for Fall 2023. Marty says they’ve done flyers, but probably not bags before. Maybe we do a kiosk on busy game days.
• Picnic tables. Morgan suggested ARC put them at Vet Med, arboretum, off-of-the-beaten path.
  • Marty says athletics could maybe utilize them? Not against them, but it wasn’t a request of theirs.
  • It’s not a great time of year to get them (they would have to be stored through the winter).
  • Will continue to look into these, but it’s on the back burner for now. Will address it in the spring.
• Temporary Coca-Cola bin discussion. No one is sold on them. But they do provide a benefit at events, to show people (especially students) that we recycle.
  • Hard to clean? Marty: we may or may not need bins at athetics, especially for the zero waste event.
• Meeting on Wednesday: Tell Jake that we do want the bins replaced, but need to clarify where they will go. 60 total? Could all of them get delivered to F&S and deployed for various situations.
  • Determine how many we got originally, and if they can all be replaced (with the Royal Blue).
• Meredith: getting students to help out. Morgan had asked Marty to see if he could find a RSO. Marty has a staff meeting at 2, so he will ask for those contacts. Then, we will connect the students from sustainability to this athletic RSO.

From: Jake Slager <jakeslager@coca-cola.com>
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 3:22 PM
To: Moore, Meredith Kaye <mkm0078@illinois.edu>
Cc: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Illinois Sustainability Campaign Messaging

Hey Meredith,

Hope you had a great weekend too!

I’m working on getting estimates for a bit sturdier bins, but with the attached graphics if you all could approve for sure or provide any other feedback.

We did deliver 120 total (60 recycling, 60 trash) for convocation/quad day/welcome week, but I’m not sure who all received them and if any went to athletics. That’s part of what we need to finalize too, is how many you want replaced (or all 120), and then how to divvy them up between departments/areas of campus that need them too. My plan is to replace all that you need, and determine if we need more permanent bins anywhere such as with Athletics particularly.

I was hoping to give Daphne a call this week quick to align on calendars for just the smaller group to meet. I know we said could keep the weekly at 330CST on Wednesdays, but I’d like to move it up if at all possible, so let me know if your all schedules could accommodate that or not please or we can chat on that quick too.

Agenda this week can be this topic, as well as the YAH agency discovery questions/answers, and perhaps discuss the Circular Solutions audit that I’m trying to get as many details as possible for you all on too by Wednesday. Let me know anything else you want to review as ewll.

Talk soon, thanks!

Classified - Confidential

From: Moore, Meredith Kaye <mkm0078@illinois.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 12:14 PM
To: Jake Slager <jakeslager@coca-cola.com>
Cc: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Subject: RE: Illinois Sustainability Campaign Messaging

Hi Jake,

Hope you had a great weekend. Quick question – I seem to remember that Athletics received their own shipment of the recycling/trash sets. On campus, we received 60 (30 for housing, 30 for F&S) and are wondering how many DIA received.

We can talk about this on Wednesday, but could you give us an idea of how the “rebranding” process will work? Will all of the bins be replaced, or just a portion, with the new “Don’t Waste” messaging?

Thanks!
Meredith

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“There are a lot of dreamers – dreaming is very important, but it’s really the dreamer and the doer. You’ve got to be the doer.” –Will Steger  

MEREDITH MOORE
Sustainability Programs Manager 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE)
1101 W Peabody Drive (Suite 382), Urbana, IL, 61801
217.333.0119 | mkm0078@illinois.edu
www.sustainability.illinois.edu
 


Please consider the environment before printing out an email. Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. 

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the September 2022 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 1333.9 Megawatt hours.

The Septmeber 2022 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.

Attached files highlight the boxes that were found at each location where boxes were ogirinally deployed, and their filled status. Based on this survey, a decision will be made regarding the PPE mask recycling program

From: Scrogum, Joy Joann <jscrogum@illinois.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2022 4:18 PM
To: Hulse, Daphne Lauren <dlhulse2@illinois.edu>
Cc: Samaras, Zach <zsamaras@illinois.edu>; Feher, Savannah <sfeher@illinois.edu>; Vogel, Kealie Diann <kdvogel2@illinois.edu>; Varney, Peter W <pvarney@illinois.edu>
Subject: Information available in the "UC Campus Waste Audit" group on Teams

Daphne, thanks for taking the time to speak with our ISTC team this afternoon.

As noted, the previous two UIUC building waste characterization reports (file names "Baseline_Waste_Stream_Characterization_Study_Final_Report" and "Waste characterization phase 2") are in the “Files” section of the “UC Campus Waste Audit” group on teams, so you can see the buildings previously audited and consider whether to include those in the new study for some temporal comparison.

The document “Waste Audit Activity Zone Summary” provides links to our recent work with Northwestern University, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Missouri State University (MSU). When this document was originally added to Teams, the MSU plan had not yet been published, but it was released this month, so I’ve updated the file with a link to that plan. This summary document shows the activity zones defined at each university, the number of representative buildings analyzed within each zone, and refers to the specific pages within each respective plan in which activity zones are discussed. For all three of these campuses, ISTC conducted waste characterizations using the activity zone approach, summarized current waste management practices, and collected feedback from focus groups (we conducted the focus group sessions for Northwestern an UIC, but MSU conducted their own sessions virtually during the pandemic). We then worked with campus personnel to consider the data collected, along with their waste reduction and diversion goals, and formulated recommended strategies to reach those goals as part of waste management plans.

Beyond focus group sessions, in past studies we’ve also collected feedback from conversations during building walkthroughs, as part of more informal conversations, and from surveys like the UIUC building occupant survey (also on Teams). We’re happy to work with you to find the right balance of approaches for your purposes. The questions from the previous building occupant survey, for example, need not be presented as part of a survey this time around. Perhaps those could be among the questions for discussion within in-person focus groups.

Also within the files on Teams is a copy of an email in which I described the activity zone approach and put forth some possible zones for the UIUC campus, along with some campus buildings that might fall within them (including buildings that were part of previous waste characterizations).

So, take some time to consider all of this material, and let me know some days/times that would work for your schedule later in October or early November to work with ISTC on the definition of activity zones, specific buildings to include, and whether/how to incorporate stakeholder engagement in ISTC’s proposal. We look forward to working with you!

Best wishes,

Joy

Joy Scrogum
Assistant Scientist, Sustainability
LEED Green Associate | Sustainability Excellence Professional (SEP)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Prairie Research Institute
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC)
Champaign, IL 61820
 

Morgan White suggested that SSC should create a mass mail that goes to faculty and staff asking them to provide the Illinois Green Fund Information ot their students. 

Attached are notes from a meeting discussing the role of iSEE.

On September 28, UIUC sustainability representatives met with Coca-Cola and discussed the following:

Attendance: Jake Slager, Meredith Moore, Jen Fraterrigo, Morgan White, Liz Doeschot, Marty Kaufmann, Kendall Chadwick, Tyler Swanson, Shawn Patterson, Thurman Etchison, John Mount

• Daphne will be the primary point of contact going forward for UIUC.

• Jen will get the spreadsheet of points of contact organized (Daphne can help with this).

Agenda:

• Liz will share sustainability insights after being on campus.

• Update on Don’t Waste campaign.

  • Build out a broader scope of ideas to include all of campus life.

• Updates on signage for digital and cooler bags (QR code).

• One cost of U of I for the updated signage:

  • $10,000 budget (accrued 12 months, to spend across 18 months).

  • $8,000 to get 120 bins shipped for convocation and welcome week.

  • The next $10,000 for the next academic year could be used for the zero waste event or wherever it makes most sense to use.

  • The updated bins will be free for U of I (we already paid once for the original).

• Colors of the bins:

  • Concern that the blue is going to be too dark.

  • One of the messages: recycling and re-enjoy it.

• Thurman: don’t want any bins for dining. Cleaning them is challenging (especially the trash receptacles) because they fold up on you. Not a great solution for dining.

Kendall Chadwick: currently in discovery phase. Coming to next call with list of questions to put together a plan that fits with our plan moving forward.

Scheduling: 1 small Wednesday group, full group on the last Wednesday of the month

• Thurman: likes to be here, doesn’t need to be here every week.

• Shawn: likes to be here, doesn’t need to be here every week.

• Marty: DIA, State Farm Center, keep on the weekly group.

Do we have passionate student groups?

• Athletics groups would be nice, and we don’t know them on the sustainability side.

• DIA student liaison? Illini Orange? Block I? Illini Provide? Orange Crush?

• Jen, Morgan, and Meredith have connections to sustainability student groups, but we want athletics groups too.

  • Marty will find a contact. Marketing would know.

• On our side, we could have SECS, SSLC have a meeting with these student groups, with a couple relevant staff. iSEE is trying to make these connections.

Meeting through Coca-Cola is a way to create synergies between different silos on campus. Right now, that’s sustainability and athletics.

Zero Waste event: is this the right phrase? Closed-loop refers to getting it back to the original source. Think about the message:

• iCAP has a Zero Waste chapter.

• Hired a Zero Waste coordinator.

• We can consider different phrases.

Liz Doeschot: noticed on the walk that there were recycling receptacles with black trash bags.

• Black bags are not guaranteed to cut through and recycle things.

• Clear bags questionable. Could have recyclables in them, but may not. We can quickly identify if they do.

• Blue bags are for recycling.

• Dorms fall under Housing (Residence Halls).

Attached is an excel file showing UIUC sources of Electric Power for FY22. 

Attached is a pdf and excel file looking at the costs and solution comparisons for Solar Farm 3.0.

Below is an email from Jake Slager regarding a recurring meeting with UIUC and Coca Cola on sustainability topics.

Attached are graphics discussed in the meeting.

Hi everyone,

Attached are the files reviewed on this week’s call:

• MBS best in class recycling messaging and zero waste event criteria
• Updated “Don’t Waste” Campaign Logos lo res files for review/feedback
  
  • Updated High Res files below, and will get the other sizes and images updated to post on UIUC Box site and spread across campus digitally and then physically as we update signage
  • Recycling & Trash Bin Creative
  • Cooler Back Creative

Recap from today’s call with full details are below in red to answer recent questions:

• Proposals for zero waste athletic events: we are interested in hearing about what has and hasn't worked for other universities. Will we hear about proposals this week or the next?
  
  • Shared again that consistency around sustainability messaging is key, engaging student groups, service hour opportunities with passionate groups to educate, amplify, and execute the event could be next best steps to understand scope and timing
    
    • To go through all items, cost can be $20k-$30k to get everything captured/sorted-so checking what’s most feasible to execute a zero waste event that’s impactful but realistic too so we’re all able to learn from greatly overall
    • Athletics support needed: Jennifer checking with Athletics Board/DIA personnel meeting, Jake to discuss with Marty further too
• Updated materials for the new "Don't Waste" logo
  
  • Attached low res updates for review and discussion today
  • Coca-Cola North America will update graphics and bins with only the 1 time cost to U of I since this tag line/messaging changed due to trademark on Don’t Waste It
    
    • Context provided that original slogan was ok/approved for last 18 months until recently it was caught trademark filed-using Don’t Waste on campus moving forward which is clear
• Revised drawing/rendering of the picnic tables
  
  • Attached-please continue to update Coke on campus mapping approval/feedback and timing to understand if and when these are able to be placed (could push back past Nov 15 America Recycles Day of UIUC needs more time to implement)
  • Also see all answers on questions for these tables too

Solar Table questions/answers:

• What is the maintenance cost moving forward? (i.e. if a solar panel breaks, or if a charging station stops working and needs service/repair, how does that work or who covers the cost to fix?)
  
  • Battery life expectation? Maintenance for battery recycling/repair over long term question came up too..
  • There is a maintenance plan that we could offer, or we could pay an hourly rate for repairs. Brette is working to get an understanding of what other users typically need, but right now there is no budget for repairs or maintenance.

• Graphics co-branded preferred-but should something change in future years-are they allowed to brand them differently 
  
  • Looking into this, but gut-check says it probably wouldn’t be a problem if they’re being wrapped.
• Is there a way to permanently attach them to the ground? 
  
  • Seats look attached to table, but curious if there’s any ‘live’ pictures of an open box for more detailed information vs the rendering slides
  • Tables can be bolted down - as stated before we need to rely on the universities to do this given their property.
• Are there lights anywhere? 
  
  • Black table on campus at night/safety first concern and curios if lights under the canopy or anything exist or are able to be added/included over time
  • Tables will have an LED under the umbrella

• Refreshed annual timeline for the "Don't Waste" campaign: we are interested in hearing about the ideas Coca-Cola has for “Don't Waste” initiatives throughout the academic year.
  
  • Working to provide this timeline and build out strategic initiatives with agency to share back with U of I Sustainability team, YAH agency still working on details
• Clarification on the new "Don't Waste" bins: will Coca-Cola be replacing the old bins with the updated colors? Are there any plans with providing bins to athletics?
  
  • Yes, the Coca-Cola Company will replace these and take care of the cost (U of I cost 1 time only)
  • We can provide bins to athletics: will need to talk through further on more permanent fixture options together- and would need to be mutually agreed upon and keep with consistent messaging across campus; including athletics approval similar to solar table being placed on campus per board approval
• Waste audit: there will be an internal meeting for this on 9-30-22, and we are looking to determine a quote. UIUC will then circle back with Coca-Cola about our plans and timeline.
  
  • Circular solutions can help get a quote together-requested-will keep you posted on timing and other information needed-will share more details as they become available

• Also, we discussed that it may be most beneficial and to be cognizant of everyone’s time, that we look to move the overall call with everyone to monthly or quarterly, and then still have a weekly or bi-weekly appointment with Sustainability committee leaders that can help identify/work together on specifics and then summarize it to the full group and loop in folks as needed (i.e. zero waste event, recycling audit request, etc).

Please reach out for anything else needed and appreciate the continued collaboration!

Go Fighting Illini Football tonight, I-L-L!!!