TY - BOOK
T1 - Zero Waste Case Study: Gameday Recycling Challenge
AU - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In Fall 2014, the University of Illinois participated in the Gameday Recycling Challenge for the first time. The Gameday Recycling Challenge is a friendly competition for colleges and universities to promote waste reduction at their home football games. The Challenge occurred on October 25th for the homecoming football game against the University of Minnesota. During the game, efforts were implemented to reduce waste by composting and recycling. At the end of the game, all the waste streams were sorted and weighed, and the results were tabulated. Result categories included waste minimization, diversion rate, greenhouse gas reduction, recycling, and organics reduction. Each participating game's data is used to rank and determine the Challenge winners. University of Illinois achieved a diversion rate of 60% by improving source separation of compostable and recyclable materials. The University will use this year’s diversion rate as a baseline to improve efforts going forward in upcoming years.
AB - In Fall 2014, the University of Illinois participated in the Gameday Recycling Challenge for the first time. The Gameday Recycling Challenge is a friendly competition for colleges and universities to promote waste reduction at their home football games. The Challenge occurred on October 25th for the homecoming football game against the University of Minnesota. During the game, efforts were implemented to reduce waste by composting and recycling. At the end of the game, all the waste streams were sorted and weighed, and the results were tabulated. Result categories included waste minimization, diversion rate, greenhouse gas reduction, recycling, and organics reduction. Each participating game's data is used to rank and determine the Challenge winners. University of Illinois achieved a diversion rate of 60% by improving source separation of compostable and recyclable materials. The University will use this year’s diversion rate as a baseline to improve efforts going forward in upcoming years.
KW - Football stadiums -- Environmental aspects
KW - Recycling
KW - Zero waste -- Case studies -- Illinois
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2142/77712
M3 - Technical report
T3 - ISTC Zero Waste Program Case Study
BT - Zero Waste Case Study: Gameday Recycling Challenge
PB - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
CY - Champaign, IL
ER -