Recyclemania Stakeholders Meeting
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2 trash audits
- Poly canyon trash load was 85% trash, 15% recyclables
- Redbricks+Cerro trash load was 73% was trash, 27% recyclables
- Of all the communities that Cold Canyon serves, Cal Poly has the worst recycling rate.
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A lot of bagged material in recycle stream.
- Anything in a bag has to be opened up and put through the machines loose.
- Need to develop some signage.
- Get Cal Poly Athletics as a stakeholder
- REGISTER FOR RECYCLEMANIA
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THe Cal Poly report is a 2 page report sent to all faculty
- search for cal poly report on CP website
- Outreach event in the dorms?
- Facebook page is the most effective interaction media for the energy competition
- Post what you are doing personally to help out on this campaign
- PRIZES - sparks intereaction
- Facebook page keps the content fresh
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Missi with ASI
- WIll be bringing Mr. Eco to the UU on the kickoff event
- Concert Series poster
- Electronic signage in the UU and Rec Center
- Can create slides for those screens and also send it to the dorms
- Facebook pages for all 6 programs
- Email list
- WIll be focused on the concerts more than the event
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What is ASI's policy on zero waste?
- Green products in all of their cleaning
- In UU, there are separate bins
- Student government has done education events for recycling
- Can we get Recyclemania slides/statistics
- Talk to Yukie - she is in cahrge of the campus dining screens and university strore screens
- Cal Poly model made of trash could be in the UU gallery. Talk to Missi
- Katie Morrow is in charge of campus wide emails
- FacilitiesÂ
- Every video by Mr. Eco has been put on KSBY. Get this video and a recyclemnai shoutout on the local TV
- Housing - scott bloom and suzanne fritz
- Potty talk - fliers in the bathrooms
- CSD Kristina Tut is in charge of events for the dorms
- Yarrows point about recycle bins not being where trash bins are.
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Facilities wants to update the signage
- Maybe IWMA can provide signage?
- Waste connections has given money for signage
- Zero Waste club has money
- In every room, there HAS TO BE equal size recycle and trash bins. Not the case now.
- Would cost 10's of thousands of dollars to outfit every room.
- How can we get classes involved?
- Analysis on payback time of getting more recycle bins.
- Utilities is charged per bin of trash. Recycling is free.
- If we can increase recycling and reduce the frequency of trash pickups, we can save money!
- Next stakeholders meeting: Thursday, January 10, 2013 from 11 to 12 (UU Hour)
