Questions To Be Answered
Questions To Be Answered
Campus/University Recycling
How does this system work? (Volume, who picks it up, where does it go, who pays for it, etc.)
How efficient is it? Are the janitors just throwing it out with the trash?
What type of motivation is there to recycle?
- What do the students think?
Is recycling something students want?
Is it effective?
What could be done so that students recycle more?
Recycling Companies
Will we use one company or will each individual trash collection company pick up recycling?
How many garbage companies are there in Champaign?
What can be recycled?
How do they collect trash, how much do they collect (vol), and where does all of it go?
How are recycling these materials profitable?
- How much volume on average could be recycled in a home?
- How much would pick up cost per person/for the garbage companies?
- How much revenue would the local government get ?
- What are the politics behind recycling in Champaign?
- What can we learn from Urbana’s program?
Money
What money is already available?
Where can we find grants?
What do we need to do to get grants?
How can we get the University to fund this project?
What are some ways we can fund raise?
Urbana Recycling Program
How is their system run?
Who collects for them?
How much do they save or profit?
How much waste per volume is collected?
How much does it cost to collect the waste?
Where does it go/ is it processed here?
Marketing/finances
How much do people and the local government save?
What goes into a recycling facility? How is it built, how does it work, what is needed?
On Site Recycling
How efficient is this system?
How much recycling actually is collected?
Is there a lot of success in the project?
What else is the University doing to recycle on campus?
Facility
How much would it cost?
Where might it be?
What company would build it/run it
How long would it take to build a route?
What community benefits are there with a facility in Champaign?
- Job increase, how would that help?
Previous efforts
Jen Walling
Past 15-20 Years, Champaign/City/University/NRES or ACES department?
Why other projects have failed?
Details? Anything we should know?
People / Places to contact
- Tim Haas (Champaign Public Works)
- Urbana Recycling Program
- City that is similar to Champaign
- Other University Recycling Programs
- Ann Reisner (business plan and events, how to market the movement)
- Environmental Programs in Champaign
- Urbana Public Works
- Champaign Recycling Program
- University Recycling Program
- Online grant/scholarship research
- Matt Maltin ( Sustainability Coordinator)
- NRES and ACES department
- Jen Walling (previous Champaign Recycle program leader, MBA student)
- People who are well versed in Marketing