CORE
We meet on Thursdays at 5:30 pm in the basement of the YMCA. Come join us to find out more information.
Committee Chairs:
Cassie Carroll: ccarrol2@uiuc.edu
Community Organized Recycling Effort
History of the Project
- Multiple recycling efforts have been tried in the past from referendums to petitions
- Urbana currently has a mandate that states that each single or multiple family household must pay $2.50 a month for recycling services
- They have two companies that simultaneously come around and pick up recyclables each week
- This project wants to mirror and unite the Urbana program with Champaign
- Project began a year and 1/2 ago by two graduate students that found a need for this on campus and created a business plan
- It was presented to SECS last year, but the organization did not come with only a limited amount of time
- 2nd semester and summer, planning and ideas have been tossed around and this is where we are today
- We are basically JUST BEGINNING to form committees and set deadlines and dates for when things need to be done by each committee
About Us:
- Goal: to increase awareness, participation, and resources in recycling throughout Champaign and to create a community wide effort to increase recycling awareness and importance
- Focus: to begin building support with students and extend outward to the entire Champaign community
- Approach: get people involved in recycling, critical goal to SHOW that people want/desire recycling
- Strive to achieve recycling in multi-family homes throughout Champaign and promote recycling practices to single family homes with recycling options
What we are not:
- We are not an attack on Champaign and University recycling practices
- We are not a sole group trying to achieve a pass of legislation and change, we can't do it alone
- We are not a grassroots organization or protest
- We do not want to send just a message, we want to demonstrate recycling and that it can be done