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• Waste UMC
• Presented By
• Emily Schosid, Nick Johnson, Sarah Rosenbloom,
  Kate OFlaherty

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What is Zero Waste?

• - Zero Waste is A philosophy, a design
  principle, and a policy goal.
• It is NOT just eliminating landfills, but a path
  toward that end
• It is about using our resources efficiently and
  thinking about lifecycle analysis
• It is doing what is reasonable and affordable
  given our current circumstances and goals.

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Statement of Issue

• Scope 3 only 1 of Campus Emissions
• Landfills rank as the second largest source of
  greenhouse gas emissions in the US.
• 2006 Blueprint for a Green Campus

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Statement of Issue

• Behavioral Changes , Education Value
• Mission
• Governor Ritters Executive Order
• Reduce waste 20 by 2012
• Boulder County Board of Comissioners
• Goal 50 diversion rate by 2010
• Zero Waste by 2025 (or close to it)

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• Barriers/ Scope
• Corporate Vendors and Restrictions
• Health Code Restrictions
• New Scope UMC owned entities

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Background

• CUs commitment to waste reduction
• Tallories Declaration (1997)
• Blueprint for a Green Campus (2006)
• Campus Master Plan

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Status of Composting at UMC Now?

• Pre-Consumer
• Scraps composted from kitchen
• Roll off hauled 1-2 times/ week (25)
• Trash roll-off hauled 1 time/ 2 weeks (300)

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Progress

• Midnight Breakfast (annually)
• Compostable Salad Bowls
• Recycling- Composting Pilot Program
• Sustainable CU grant (3,654)
• Waste Reduction Events (68LCB12) (April 9, 2008)

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Our Procedures

• Survey
• Assess User Values
• Case Studies
• Cost Analysis
• Willingness to Pay
• Increased cost?

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Survey Results

• Knowledge
• Idea of Intrinsic Value

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• Monetary
• Value

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Case Studies

• Ithaca College
• Zero-waste student center dining services
• Saves .50 on the dollar to haul compost instead
  of trash
• Monthly Programs highlight sustainable practices
• Make the connection between sustainability and
  civic duty

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• Cheeba Hut
• It takes time for people to adjust
• Extra money they make from publicity covers the
  cost of compostables
• Leadership first on the Hill to go zero-waste

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Cost Analysis

• Trash Haul-
• Compost Haul

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Conclusions Recommendations
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• 1. Compost Pilot Program through E-Center
• Knowledge about real post-consumer is lacking,
  knowledge is needed
• Work with Recycling and work like other outreach
  programs
• Provide peer-to-peer interaction and information

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Bill 68LCB12- Waste Reduction Events

• 2 year Pilot- 35,000 earmark SOR account
• Labor
• Material
• Frequent compost hauling
• Up to 300 to purchase up to 2 additional compost
  bins
• Cost analysis Success report

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Funding

• Waste Reductions Bill

• Sustainable CU Grants
• Boulder County Resource Conservation Divisions
  Community Outreach Program

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• Boulder Countys Zero Waste Initiative
• Boulder County Board of County Commissioners
• Zero Waste Goals for Boulder County
• 46,649 in funding to 12 waste reduction programs
  
• 4,341 in funding for Naropa

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• Upshots
• Decreasing Cost of Compostable Dining Ware
• 2 year Pilot and cost coverage from Waste
  Reduction Events
• Initiatives stated by many stakeholders
• (Boulder County, CU, State)

• Barriers
• Cost!
• Materials
• Awareness
• Contracts

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Questions??

• Special Thanks
• Robin Margolin, UMC Food Services
• Dan Baril, Environmental Center
• Jack DeBell, Environmental Center
• Seth Matt Cheeba Hut
• Everyone else who helped us with our project