ISU Recycling

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ISU Recycling

• Vision Statement
• Our passionate concern for the environment
  inspires us to have sustainable reduce, reuse,
  recycle programs, which generate an
  environmentally conscious Iowa State University
  community.

For more information contact ISU Recycling at
recycling_at_iastate.edu or visit our web site at
www.fpm.iastate.edu/recycling/.
February 2009
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Recycling at ISU

• Campus recycling started in 1992
• White paper recycling
• Expanded to include Phone books, Newspaper,
  Corrugated cardboard, and Confidential paper.
• We engage local partners
• International Paper
• Iron Mountain
• Ames Area Redemption Center
• Bikes at Work, a local bicycle delivery service.

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Paper Product Recycling

• White Paper
• Newspaper
• Cardboard
• Phone Books
• Confidential Document Destruction

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White Paper Recycling

• Collect from 106 campus buildings
• Most offices/individuals and many
  classrooms/labs are provided with small desk-side
  bin
• Weekly, custodial staff take large bins to a
  central collection point and Campus Services
  staff collect the paper in a packer truck.
• Paper is delivered to International Paper of Des
  Moines
• Average 11 Tons per Month

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White Paper Recycling Volumes
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Newspaper Recycling

• Collect from 36 campus buildings
• Bikes at Work collects the newspapers, checking
  each location several times per week
• Newspapers collected are recycled by
  International Paper out of Des Moines
• USA TODAY provides and empties newspaper
  recycling bins in 16 Residence Halls
• Average 8 Tons per Month

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Newspaper Recycling Volumes
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Cardboard Recycling

• Collect Cardboard from 50 Campus buildings
• Cardboard is collected by Ames Area Redemption
• Collection per building is based on volumes
  generated
• This free collection service saves ISU nearly
  1,275 per month in refuse disposal expenses
• Our vendor estimates collecting 17 Tons
  per month

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Phone Book Recycling

• Volunteers (students and staff) collect phone
  books from 79 pick-up locations
• Phone Books are recycled by International Paper
  out of Des Moines
• This volunteer service saved ISU nearly 1,200
  in refuse disposal expenses
• 16 Tons were collected December 2008

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Phone Book Recycling Volumes
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Confidential Document Destruction

• Collect from 52 campus buildings
• Iron Mountain collects and delivers materials to
  their facility in Des Moines
• Material is shredded, baled and stored until
  shipped to a paper mill for recycling
• Average 5 Tons per Month

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Document Destruction Volumes
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FY08 Recycling Volumes
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Resources Conserved in 2008
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Other ISURecycling Programs

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Computer Monitor and Fluorescent Lamp
Recovery/Recycling for 2008

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Recycled 40 tons ofE-Scrap in 2008
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ISU Surplus

• Provides an outlet for departmental reuse,
  resale, and redistribution of excess equipment
  and furniture
• Departmental sale every Tuesday from 10 a.m
  until noon
• Last year, 250,000 of usable assets were
  returned to service in other university
  departments
• ISU Surplus is located at 1102 Southern Hills
  Drive

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University Compost Facility

• Original compost site opened in 1993
• In 2002, site moved to ISU Dairy Farm on
  Mortensen Rd
• The University Compost Facility moves to the new
  Dairy Facility in 2009
• Divert 605 tons of yard waste
• ISU Farms will provide 21,000 tons of animal
  waste
• An estimated 600 tons of dining food waste will
  be composted in the future

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University Compost Facility cont.

• Compost site will produce usable compost within
  three months
• Generate approximately 10,500 tons of finished
  compost per year
• All compost will be used on campus
• Construction projects will use as a soil
  amendment to improve final topsoil quality
• Campus Services will use as a soil amendment,
  top dressing, incorporating it into all campus
  landscaping projects

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Construction Project Recycling

• Towers Demolition
• 98 of the concrete was recycled
• 60,000 tons concrete used at the new Dairy
  Facility
• 98 non-concrete materials removed and recycled
• Jack Trice Stadium East Concourse Project
• 85 materials from old concession buildings
  recycled
• Concrete, Steel, Copper, Bathroom Stalls, etc.

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Other Recycling Programs on Campus

• Chemical/Brown Bottles
• Chemical Redistribution Program
• Free Wood/Pallet Program
• Ink jet and Toner Cartridges
• Oil Filters, Used Oil, Tires, Batteries
• Power Plant Ash
• Rechargeable Batteries
• Scrap Metal
• Shrink Wrap
• Trees to furniture Program

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Recycling in ISU Residence Halls and
Apartment Communities
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Residence Halls and Apartment Communities

• In the Past
• Some recycling done in the halls by house chairs
  who took full responsibility
• Newspaper Recycling offered at Frederiksen
• Frederiksen pilot project done during May Move
  Out 2007

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Currently at Frederiksen Court

• The Frederiksen Court Community Council surveyed
  residents in 2008 regarding recycling
• Based on survey results, Council dollars were
  dedicate to begin a cans/bottles recycling
  program in fall 2008
• Fall 2008, first Sustainability Chair position
  on Council first chair is Jessica Monk
• Offer white paper and newspaper recycling
• Working with the City of Ames on glass recycling
• Coming soonplastic grocery bag recycling

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Currently at University Village (SUV)

• Megan Truebenbach, SUV resident, is developing a
  recycling program as her Honors Project
• Surveyed residents
• Designing recycling methodology and location
• Futurework with City of Ames on glass recycling

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Currently in the Residence Halls

• In October 2008 group of recycling chairs began
  meeting to discuss what was needed to enhance and
  improve their current recycling programs
• Students identified
• Containers
• Transportation
• What could be recycled in dens and halls
• Educational program/materials

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Currently in the Residence Halls cont.

• Department of Residence will provide
• Uniform containers
• Transportation
• Help develop an educational program
• Development of Facilities and Residence Life
  staff support

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Currently in the Residence Halls cont.

• This Semester, Students will develop
• Job description for and expectations of
  recycling chairs
• Transportation preparation process
• Ideas for educational materials
• Ongoing support of student governance system

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Currently in the Residence Halls cont.

• 65 of 126 houses have recycling, with new
  support, we hope this number will increase
• Recycling programs that are developed in the
  halls will be adapted for Frederiksen and SUV
• This will allow all campus communities to have
  supported, ongoing programs
• Based on a recent meeting with UNI and Iowa,
  this program will be the largest student housing
  recycling program in the state

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ISU ReCYclesand Residence Halls Food Drive
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ISU ReCYcles

• Sponsored by the Department of Residence and
  Facilities Planning and Management
• Collect
• Clean, gently used clothing shoes
• Small household items in good condition
• Furniture and small appliances in good condition
• Electronics in working order
• Items collected will be taken to either the
  Salvation Army or Goodwill

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Food Drive

• Department of Residence will collect unopened,
  non-perishable food items
• Collection starts Thursday, April 30
• Items will be donated to Bethesda and MICA food
  pantries
• Items collected will be taken to either the
  Salvation Army or Goodwill

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Cleaning Out Your Cupboards?
Dont throw that food away!   Bring unopened,
non-perishable food to the Community Center
during May Move Out 2008 Donations will be given
to Story County families in need. Questions?
Call the office at 4-2107 Organized by the
Frederiksen Court Community Council
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Sustainability Initiatives

• Nancy Levandowski
• ISU Dining Director

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ISU Dining minimizing impact

• Recycle
• Glass, paper, grease, boxes, etc
• Reuse
• Reusable mugs lunch boxes
• Recycled napkins
• Reduce
• Motion sensor lights
• Just in Time cooking
• Waste reduction campaign

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Waste Reduction Campaign

• With the help of students, we measured food
  waste during 3 meals in Fall 2008
• 1. measured waste
• 2. measurement after educational campaign to
  encourage students to waste less food
• 3. measurement on tray-less night

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9/26
10/10
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10/24 Trayless
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Beyond the 3 Rs

• It is good to minimize our ecological footprint,
  but we also need to focus on supporting green
  businesses
• Eco-friendly cleaning products
• Green Seal Certified
• Farmers
• Local, Sustainable
• Organic Food- Farm to ISU

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• Initiated in March 2007 by ISU Dining with
  support from local farmer organizations
  sustainable agriculture researchers
• Purpose increase Local, Sustainable Organic
  food purchases (35 in 2012)
• Primarily local (10 in 2008)
• Support farmers
• Decrease food miles
• Fresh foods

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Marketing Farm to ISU Foods to Students

• Local when possible
• In dining halls
• Specific venues
• Burrito Works pork
• C-stores features
• Local meals
• Labor Day meal
• Family Weekend brunch
• Thanksgiving dinner

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Where does social justice come in?

• Fair Trade Sustainable certified foods
• Fair Trade
• Fair price is paid to growers
• Coffee bananas?
• Sustainable certified
• (Food Alliance)
• Safe fair working conditions
• Canned beans pears

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Future Plans

• Composting food waste
• Smaller serving plates (decrease food waste?)
• Grease recycled for
• bio-fuel
• Use biodegradable
• food containers

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Thank you!
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City of AmesArnold O. ChantlandResource Recover
Plant
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What do they do there?
They turn garbage in to energy!
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How do they do that?

• Garbage from Story County is delivered to the
  plant
• Dry/Wet refuse is mixed and pushed onto a
  conveyer which transports the garbage to the
  shredder room
• Ferrous metal is attracted to the pick-up magnet,
  and pulled away from the waste stream
• Abrasive grit and dust is removed and the garbage
  moves to the secondary shedder
• The combustible pieces of refuse are blown into a
  coal utility boiler

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Facts about the Resource Recovery Plant

• 65 of the waste received is turned into fuel
• Saved over 80 acres of Iowa farmland from
  becoming a landfill
• Over a 25-year period, processed enough refuse to
  fill Hilton Coliseum more than 453 times
• Processed over a million tons of solid waste
  since they opened in 1975
• Recover enough metal to make 1,200 car bodies
  each year
• Produce enough refuse-derived fuel to help heat
  more than 4,600 homes each year

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Questions?
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For more information contact ISU Recycling at
recycling_at_iastate.edu or visit our web site at
www.fpm.iastate.edu/recycling/