Project Title: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Indoor Solid Waste & Recycling Collection Assessment & Infrastructure Improvement Sector: Higher Education Location: Champaign-Urbana, IL Service: Implementation Assistance, Fostering Sustainable Behavior Background: In 2008, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, becoming part of a network of institutions of […]
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Quad Recycling Containers
Project Title: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Quad Recycling Containers Sector: Higher Education Location: Champaign-Urbana, IL Services: Implementation Assistance, Fostering Sustainable Behavior Background: The Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s roadmap to reducing the campus carbon footprint and achieving carbon neutrality. Since the development of the iCAP, the Illinois […]
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Waste Transfer Station Data Management and Tracking System
Project Title: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Waste Transfer Station Data Management and Tracking System Sector: Higher Education Location: Champaign-Urbana, IL Services: Implementation Assistance, Process Optimization, Resilient Solutions, Waste Characterization/Reduction/Management Background: Members of the ISTC Technical Assistance Program (TAP) zero waste team were engaged by the University of Illinois Facilities and Services (F&S) to better […]
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Nitrile Glove Recycling
Project Title: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nitrile Glove Recycling Sector: Higher Education Location: Champaign-Urbana, IL Service: Implementation Assistance, Stakeholder Engagement, Fostering Sustainable Behavior Background: The Technical Assistance Program (TAP) conducted a waste audit of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) headquarters building on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus in February 2013. The […]
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Zero Waste Football Game
Project Title: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Zero Waste Football Game Sector: Higher Education Location: Champaign-Urbana, IL Services: Implementation Assistance, Stakeholder Engagement, Fostering Sustainable Behavior Background: In Fall 2014, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign participated in the Gameday Recycling Challenge for the first time. The Gameday Recycling Challenge is a friendly competition for colleges […]
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October is Campus Sustainability Month
Every October, colleges and universities around the world celebrate Campus Sustainability Month. According to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), the goal of Campus Sustainability Month is “to raise the visibility of campus sustainability and provide campus sustainability advocates with a platform through which to deepen campus engagement around sustainability. […]
ISTC Technical Assistance Program assists U. of I. campus with waste characterization study
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U. of I.) Facilities & Services (F&S) Waste Management department recently released the results of a campus building waste characterization and opportunity assessment conducted with assistance from the ISTC Technical Assistance Program (TAP). This project was the latest example of collaboration between the two units on reducing waste and improving […]
Resources for Recycling Expanded Polystyrene
Expanded polystyrene, or EPS, is a lightweight, closed-cell plastic foam used in a variety of products, including coolers, insulated beverage cups, takeout containers, building insulation, etc. This differs from extruded polystyrene (XPS), which is typically formed into rigid panels used for building insulation, mainly in terms of how it is manufactured, but also in terms […]
“Green” your Halloween with these seasonal waste diversion programs
What do the members of the ISTC Technical Assistance Program’s zero waste team fear the most? Unnecessary waste! Think about all the products and packaging sent off to be prematurely buried in landfills before their useful “lives” are truly over–it makes our blood run cold. To avoid being haunted by the ghosts of poorly managed […]
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Champaign County group receives funding, seeks participants for commercial food scrap compost pilot
This fall, the Champaign County Environmental Stewards (CCES) received a ‘Land, Health, Community’ Lumpkin Family Foundation Grant to help launch a commercial food scrap compost pilot project at the Landscape Recycling Center (LRC) in Urbana, IL. This grant will primarily be used toward the construction of a concrete bunker at the LRC for the processing […]