University of Florida Office of Sustainability

The Zero Waste task force meets regularly on the last Monday of each month at 2:00 pm, unless noticed otherwise.

The meeting on 4/24/06 will be held at the "Main Street" facility at PPD on Radio Road.

The agenda for the meeting follows:

Agenda
UF Zero Waste Task Force
24 April 2006 – 2:00-3:30
Physical Plant Division – Main Street

I. Reports from subcommittees

a. Shands/Health Center
i. Point person: tba

b. Research and Education departments/IFAS Extension
i. Point person: Mark Hostetler

c. Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services
i. Point person: Brian Barton

d. Housing/Preview/Transfer Students; Student Government/ IFC/Panhellenic/SGProductions; Gator Dining
i. Point person: Jordan See

e. Cross-campus education; communication; incentive/reward/recognition; external affairs/Dept of Continuing Ed
i. Point people: Erin Largo-Wight; Dedee DeLongpré

II. Updates on general campus waste-related issues

III. Breakout group discussions
a. Prioritize subcommittee goals
i. Short-term (6-12 mo) goals
ii. Long-term (1-2 yr) goals

IV. Next Meeting:
a. May 29th (Memorial Day), June 26th, or July 31st at 2:00 pm??
b. Where?

UF Zero Waste Task Force
April 24, 2006 Meeting

Mark Hostetler called the meeting to order at 2:06 p.m.

I. Reports from Subcommittees.
a. Shands/Health Center – Lisa Deal stated that Dr. Goldfarb would be sending a point person from Shands. She wasn’t sure who it would be, but they were not in attendance at this meeting. This subcommittee had not met yet.

b. Research and Education departments/IFAS Extension – Mark Hostetler stated that this subcommittee had not met as of this time.

c. Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services – Brian Barton stated that this subcommittee had not met as of this time. He did state that there had been contact with Anheiser Busch and they had a program currently at Missouri and other places. They wanted to be involved on football game day and furnish the "blue" bags. Dedee DeLongpre will be working with them on this corporate help.

d. Housing/Preview/Transfer Students;
Student Government/IFC/Panhellenic/SGProductions; Gator Dining – Sharon Blansett from Housing stated that this subcommittee had not met as of this time.

e. Cross-campus education; communication; incentive/reward/recognition; external affairs/Dept. of Continuing Education – No point person was present. Lisa Deal stated that they had obtained the "sustainability" slide from Human Resource Services for the new employee orientation and would be working on it for presenting new ideas/information for HR to review. Dedee will be working on the slide provided.

II. Updates on general campus waste-related issues.

Sharon Blansett informed the task force about the residence halls spring check-out recycle project. There will be collection boxes for the local charity organizations to pick up articles such as clothes, small appliances, linens. There will also be the "Tools for Schools" boxes for old school supplies, binders, etc. The "Cartridges for Kids" out of Colorado is also another program for students discarding materials during move-out. There will be approximately 7300 students moving out soon. May 8, 2006 is the final collection day for all agencies. The theme is "Recycle It."

Sharon also stated that there is a "waterless urinal" in the main housing unit – pilot program, for anyone who would like to come see or get more information.

Amanda Jobes from Asset Management stated that old technology pieces can be sent to them for recycling – for parts use. They will be selling individually. See their website for this information.

Mark Hostetler noted that it might be a good idea for this to be linked to the Sustainability website.

Mark mentioned that a composter is available this Fall from Sumter county. Al Krause stated that it is a very small unit. The site location is a problem. IFAS is looking into this. There was some discussion about Gator Dining’s food service for possible material for the composter. Al noted that composters had to have the material separated – the paper from the food products and can use no meat or grease/fat.

Alison Mills noted that possibly using the composter beginning with the Krishna lunches – they are strictly vegan, so the separation would not be a factor.

Mark Hostetler informed the task force that Progress Energy was proposing a digestive plasma reactor that takes waste and converts it to usable energy. It would burn everything. Al Krause noted that there would be a drawback as to where to put it as well as a funding problem.

Lisa Deal to find out how many hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles had been purchased since Dr. Machen’s initiative in October 2005.

Eric Cochran, from PPD, noted the pilot program for bio-diesel. They would be getting a small delivery in the next 2 weeks – a couple of 55-gallon drums. He also noted that they are looking into buying an all electric maintenance truck. The administrative vehicles have been reduced from 35 to 21. They have been parked at this time. Maybe they would be available for other departments that might need a better one than they have currently. Or they could be surveyed off and sold for parts.

The next meeting will be Monday, June 26, 2006, at Main Street, unless otherwise notified.

The formal meeting was adjourned at 3:04 p.m. The task force broke up into the subcommittees to discuss prioritizing goals – short-term (6-12 mos.) and long-term (1-2 yrs.). Any information will be provided via e-mail to add to the minutes.

Attendees:
Mark Hostetler Erin Large Wight
Ryan Graunke Sharon Blansett
Amanda Jobes Brian Barton
Alison Mills Al Krause
Bill Zemba Sue Blythe
Eric Cochran Mickie MacKenzie
Lisa Deal

The next meeting of the Zero Waste Task Force will take place on Monday, June 26th, at 2:00 pm at the Physical Plant Division's "Main Street" meeting facility.

The agenda for the meeting follows and is attached:

Agenda
UF Zero Waste Task Force
26 June 2006 – 2:00-3:30
Physical Plant Division – Main Street

I. Reports from subcommittees

a. Shands/Health Center
i. Point person: Lisa Deal (with possible handoff)

b. Research and Education departments/IFAS Extension
i. Point person: Mark Hostetler

c. Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services
i. Point person: Brian Barton

d. Housing/Preview/Transfer Students; Student Government/ IFC/Panhellenic/SGProductions; Gator Dining
i. Point person: Jordan See

e. Cross-campus education; communication; incentive/reward/recognition; external affairs/Dept of Continuing Ed
i. Point people: Erin Largo-Wight; Dedee DeLongpré

II. Updates on general campus waste-related issues

III. Breakout group discussions
a. Review prioritized subcommittee goals
i. Short-term (6-12 mo) goals
ii. Long-term (1-2 yr) goals

IV. Next Meeting:
a. July 24 at 2:00 pm
b. Main Street?

The minutes for the 6/26/2006 Zero Waste Task Force meeting follow and are attached.

UF Zero Waste Task Force
June 26, 2006 Meeting

Dedee DeLongpre called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.

I. Reports from Subcommittees:

a. Shands/Health Center – 2 new task force members were present for this subcommittee. Bill Jernigan and Mike Halabi from Shands. They had not had a chance to meet and did not have a report at this time.

b. Research and Education Departments/IFAS Extension – Sue Blythe reported that their focus was on proposing a poster by mid-January, 2007. Would like input from all as to what goes on the poster. Everyone can access it on the Sustainability Committee website. Departments can fill in information for their area. They will collect these thoughts, ideas for about two months. They will cull out the best ideas and put these on the poster. It will be linked to the website. They will also produce a brochure after that.

Dedee suggested making a questionnaire and using survey monkey to collect the information instead of depending on the departments for their input.

c. Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services – Brian Barton noted that Eyeball Media was taking over their trash cans in the parking lots for football games. They have also been talking with Agriculture & Bioengineering Department. They want to get involved with composting some of their waste from the skyboxes.

Dedee discussed that when there are these sustainable ideas up front, it is important to make sure we have staffing to close the other side at the completion of these ideas.

Anheuser-Busch – offered to give clear plastic and blue bags on game days. May need to hire additional staff to sort them. Keep Alachua County Beautiful to help provide help handing out these bags and then work with Al Krause and PPD staff for after the games.

Al Krause – has submitted proposal to add 2 full-time recycle positions and a surplus vehicle previously used by laundry services.

d. Housing/Preview/Transfer Students; Student Government/IFC/Panhellenic/SGProductions; Gator Dining – Sharon Blansett stated that at the last meeting, it was suggested to have a presence at Preview. She had added a slide to their presentation regarding recycling.

She noted they had distributed "Cartridges for Kids" project vinyl bags during Preview - about 200-300 per Preview session to make the new students aware of this program and recycling possibilities of this manner.

Sharon also told the task force that the "Tools for Schools" project (leftover school supplies) during spring check-out had gone well. The last day of pick-up filled their van. The collections of cell phones, blackberries, i-pods also sent well.

Dedee suggested possibly concentrating the efforts of "Tools for Schools" project on two annual collections: one well publicized collection for departments and administration buildings and another for housing checkout.

Housing & Residence Education had also partnered with Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity and Goodwill – there was average participation for these.

Jill Rodriguez with Gator Dining Services discussed the 2-day meeting with the ARAMARK folks last week to create an action plan for short-term and long-term sustainability goals for food services.

- Fall – Fresh Food Company – living lab for sustainability – purchasing local produce and having in the dining hall – move to poultry and dairy in the Spring. Possible site for trying out a composter on campus, details for handling. Dedee stated that the Fresh Food Company was a low waste facility – why they are starting there.
- Currently have trays – taking them away. Providing reasons for this – less water usage, and less food waste.
- In October, Local Foods Night at Broward Dining Hall – featured meals from "Rome" – fun factors information and why we are doing the project.
- Use lessons learned from Broward to try a project at Gator Corner in the spring.
- Racquet Club – easier to try a project there. The JWRU has many outside vendors that would make it challenging to propose changes. 75% of waste comes from dining services at the JWRU.
- In the Spring, Earth Day week – local foods chef cook-off.
- Green Event Guide proposed for catering.

Brendon Moore stated he had been working with Housing and PPD and outside vendors:
- Trade-in program – exchange incandescent bulbs for cfl’s – an opportunity to talk to new students about sustainability.
- Funding to put same kind of lighting in fraternity housing
- Referendum asking students to agree to raise fees $5 - $10 to pay for carbon credits for power generation. But, in Florida, the fee increases are handled by the State Legislature.

e. Cross-campus education; communication; incentive/reward/recognition; external affairs/Dept. of Continuing Ed. – Erin Largo-Wight stated that a pilot program would be launched to increase recycling initiative in certain buildings. Currently, the recycling is all outside the buildings; the pilot will determine if it is feasible to collect cans and bottles inside buildings.

They will try two buildings – Florida Gym and Tigert Hall. They will be working with PPD housekeeping management staff. Comparing recycled rates in these buildings to two buildings that don’t have these recycling programs.

II. Updates on general campus waste-related issues.

Dedee stated that they are still trying to get the right people together to begin projects/programs; i.e., Progress Energy, Horticultural Sciences (interested in a compost project - make a living lab on campus).

She noted that there is an opportunity coming up in August with the Finance and Administration Employee Appreciation Day – this year’s giveaway may be a sustainable gift.

Al Krause mentioned that the various conventions on campus or held at Shands oftentimes has overages of merchandising. This could possibly be a resource that could be used for the "Tools for Schools" or other such projects.

It was mentioned that the JWRU should be contacted regarding recycling inside and building, especially for catered events. The contacts there are Mike Mironack or Tara Stiles.

Lisa Deal – Purchasing – contracts negotiated now:
- Refrigerator purchases – all are Energy Star-rated.
- Mr. Paper – all paper is FSC certified.
- PPD – new contract for painting – paint low or no VOC.
- Carpet for student rooms – possibly use tile instead. Sustainable carpet possibly too expensive, but could bid it and look at it.
- Bid for all campus to buy recycled cartridges.
- PPD – all cleaning products Green-Seal certified.
- Still working on "Green purchasing policy."

III. Breakout group discussions – It was decided that the subcommittees could breakout into their groups to discuss any goals they might have.

The next meeting will be Monday, July 31, 2006, Main Street (if available).

The meeting was adjourned at 3:05 p.m. for subcommittee group discussions if so desired.

Attendees:
Dedee DeLongpre, Office of Sustainability
Brian Barton, UAA
Eric Cochran, PPD
Brendon Moore, Office of Sustainability
Sharon Blansett, Housing/Student Affairs
John Schert, Solid & Hazardous Waste Center
Sue Blythe, Alachua County Office of Waste Management
Bill Jernigan, Manager, Waste Management, Shands at UF
Mike Halabi, Director, Environmental Services, Shands
Jill Rodriguez, Marketing, Gator Dining Services
Albert Krause, PPD Solid Waste Management Office
Gina Hawkins, City of Gainesville
Liz Carollo, Keep Alachua County Beautiful
Erin Largo-Wight, UF grad. Student (HHP)
Jerry Meriweather, Business Services
Lisa Deal, Purchasing

The next meeting of the Zero Waste Task Force will take place on Monday, July 31, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. at the Physical Plant Division's "Main Street" meeting facility.

The agenda for the meeting follows and is attached.
Agenda
UF Zero Waste Task Force
31 July 2006 – 2:00-3:30
Physical Plant Division – Main Street

I. Reports from subcommittees

a. Shands/Health Center
i. Point person: Lisa Deal (with possible handoff)

b. Research and Education departments/IFAS Extension
i. Point person: Mark Hostetler

c. Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services
i. Point person: Brian Barton (substitute for today’s meeting)

d. Housing/Preview/Transfer Students; Student Government/ IFC/Panhellenic/SGProductions; Gator Dining
i. Point person: Jordan See

e. Cross-campus education; communication; incentive/reward/recognition; external affairs/Dept of Continuing Ed
i. Point people: Erin Largo-Wight; Dedee DeLongpré

II. Updates on general campus waste-related issues

III. Review of Community Based Social Marketing framework
a. Workshop: January 17-19, 2007

IV. Breakout group discussions
a. Review prioritized subcommittee goals
i. Short-term (6-12 mo) goals
ii. Long-term (1-2 yr) goals

V. Next Meeting:
a. August 28th or September 25th? at 2:00 pm
b. Main Street?

The minutes for the meeting follow and are attached.

UF Zero Waste Task Force
July 31 2006 Meeting

Attendees:
Dedee DeLongpre Brendon Moore
Sue Blythe Randy Talbot
Eric Cochran John Schert
Bill Coughlin Bill Jernigan
Mike Halabi Mark Hostetler
Gina Hawkins

Dedee DeLongpre called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m.

Subcommittee Reports:

Shands/Health Center
Lisa Deal noted that the committee had not been able to meet as of yet. Al Krause had offered a compactor to Shands, but it was not accepted. It was to reduce waste with possible cost savings. Lisa will get more details on this proposed transaction. She mentioned that Chris Machen’s participation would help facilitate the involvement of other decision-makers.

Mr. Jernigan indicated they were attempting to get Brad Pollitt involved from Shands. He noted that they need counterparts from the Health Center on the subcommittee. Lisa Deal will seek Dennis Hines’ participation.

Eric Cochran mentioned that Al Krause would be retiring at some point. It would be a good strategy to put this on the distribution list when the time comes to allow for everyone to notify their contacts in the community and draw a larger pool for the position.

Research & Education Departments/IFAS Extension

Mark Hostetler reported to the task force that they had set several goals. The first was a list for the research and education departments on campus – wanting to tailor a poster to list resources to reduce, reuse, recycle; i.e., vendors, etc.

They would need someone to go across campus to collect data –interview departments – post the results on this poster – where, how, benefits.

Dedee suggested student help with this in the fall. Students can get class credits for work done on these type of projects.

They would need to figure out all the places where there is opportunity for working on this project. Making the opportunity available for people, recycle bins, etc. is a major goal.

Sue Blythe noted the 2nd goal was to direct all the tracking to the website.

Mark noted the importance of tracking the information for departments. Lisa noted that if departments use UF contracts, then Purchasing can get data from vendors as to how much recycled product each department buys.

Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services
Randy Talbot reported on this subcommittee. He attended a meeting in Chicago recently with his counterparts from various places. The buzz word was sustainability and everyone was greatly interested.

There were four areas they focused on:
1. General support for Green textbook initiative – coming from National Wildlife Federation – an opportunity for college campuses to put pressure on textbook makers to use recycled paper. There will be a webinar/conference call coming up soon.
2. Increase game-day and entertainment recycling.
3. Recycling at the Bookstore Welcome Center
4. Used textbook sales

Housing/Preview/Transfer Students; Student Government/IFC/Panhellenic/SG Productions; Gator Dining
Brendon Moore reported that he had talked to Housing and they were going to do a pilot program to involve incoming Freshmen in the Yulee area dorms. They had received a donation of compact fluorescent light bulbs – encourage students to trade-in the incandescent light bulbs – a cost savings – energy savings. Other dorms as well as the fraternity houses would also be contacted regarding this project.

This would be a good point of entry for student education.

Updates on general campus waste-related issues
Dedee told the task force that there were two bio-energy interns that were doing a waste audit at the Reitz Union. Plans need to be crafted to do a recycling pilot as there is currently no recycling at the Union. The assumption is that most of the waste stream comes from food services.

Eric Cochran reported that PPD had 100% bio-diesel running in test vehicles, no problems at present.
He also stated that the 2 full-time staff positions for recycling had been approved.
PPD has also acquired a used van from Laundry Services for recycling.

Lisa mentioned there were approved vendor for recyclable toner cartridges at this time.

Review of Community Based Social Marketing framework
Dedee presented some copies of slides from the book "Fostering Sustainable Behavior." The author of this book will be at a workshop to be held January 17-19, 2007, in Gainesville.

Dedee noted that it had been hard for the subcommittees to meet during the summer and there was discussion about waiting until September for the next full Task Force meeting.
It was decided that the next meeting will be September 25, 2006 at 2:00 p.m., Main Street at PPD. Dedee urged the subcommittees to commit to get together in the interim and be prepared to report back their goals and progress at the September 25th meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:10 p.m.

The next meeting of the Zero Waste Task Force will take place on Monday, September 25, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. at the Physical Plant Division's "Main Street" meeting facility.

The following is the agenda for the Zero Waste Task Force meeting to be held on Monday, September 25, 2006, 2:00-3:30 p.m. - Main Street at PPD.

Agenda
UF Zero Waste Task Force
25 September 2006 – 2:00-3:30
Physical Plant Division – Main Street

I. Reports from subcommittees

a. Shands/Health Center
i. Point person: Lisa Deal (with handoff coming soon!)

b. Research and Education departments/IFAS Extension
i. Point person: Mark Hostetler

c. Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services
i. Point person: Brian Barton

d. Housing/Preview/Transfer Students; Student Government/ IFC/Panhellenic/SGProductions; Gator Dining
i. Point person: Jordan See (need a new point person)

e. Cross-campus education; communication; incentive/reward/recognition; external affairs/Dept of Continuing Ed
i. Point people: Erin Largo-Wight; Dedee DeLongpré

II. Guest: Jonathan Banks re Krishna lunch

III. Updates on general campus waste-related issues

IV. Discussion re future guests

V. Breakout group discussions
a. Review prioritized subcommittee goals
i. Short-term (6-12 mo) goals
ii. Long-term (1-2 yr) goals

VI. Next Meeting:
a. October 30th at 2:00 pm
b. Main Street

UF Zero Waste Task Force
Meeting Minutes
September 25, 2006

Attendees:
Dedee DeLongpre Erin Largo Wight
Chris Machen Lisa Deal
Alison Mills Eric Cochran
Lynne Vaughan Bill Engle
Amie Scanio Dingle Gina Hawkins
Brian Barton Ryan Graunke
Jill Rodriguez Daniel McKeague
Sue Blythe Sharon Blansett
Jessica Collingsworth

Dedee DeLongpre called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.

Reports from subcommittees
Shands/Health Center – Lisa Deal gave a report that the subcommittee had met with several Shands officials. Those who attended were:
Marie Calkins – Asst. director Patient Food Services
John Willingham – Director of Maintenance
Lyndon Edwards – Director of Operations
Mike Halabi – Director of Environmental Services
Brad Pollitt – VP Facilities
Randy Hayas – Director Materials Mgt.
Ted Miller – Safety Manager
Steve Truluck – Director, Safety, Security & Transportation

Several issues discussed by the subcommittee:
- Shands has a food waste dumpster and want to know what the requirements of the composting program are at UF.
- There was a lot of discussion regarding disposal of paper and the shredding/privacy requirements.
- Shands shared that they have a number of medical devices that can be re-conditioned, which saves money and reduces waste.
- There was a discussion of the increase in bottles as a result of the Pepsi contract and an inquiry where Alachua County recycles its glass.
- Discussion took place regarding end-user education.
- Shands suggested that UF provide its end-user message and the Shands communication staff will include it in their internal communications.
- Another meeting needs to be scheduled for the subcommittee to set short-term goals – once a chair for the subcommittee is established.

Dedee suggested it might be productive to have a Shands subcommittee, as well as Health Center and Vet. Med. Subcommittees.

a. Research & Education departments/IFAS Extension – No one was present from this subcommittee. Dedee noted that at the last meeting, Mark Hostetler reported that he was working on a poster listing resources for reuse, reduce, recycle across campus. He needed assistance from students, etc. to gather statistics. Danny McKeage will be assisting him in this endeavor.

b. Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services – Brian Barton reported that the football game efforts had been successful so far. The trash cans with lids will be used. UF, Keep Alachua County Beautiful, and Anheuser-Busch had donated the blue plastic bags for recycling at the games. They had also funding the green t-shirts for the Green Team. They were also funding the roll-offs – and giving $1.00/pound of plastic back to student groups. The first home game 300# was collected, and the second home game 2600# was collected. This next week will be adding recycling inside the stadium as well as shifts. It’s all about figuring out what works and what doesn’t. Dedee indicated that the O’Connell Center is very interested in beginning recycling in that facility. The key is to educate end users – high touch, high education. Establish recycling as part of people’s culture. Dedee noted that there had been zero waste in the skyboxes this year. The need for the composter is critical – they don’t have electricity yet for the research composter. She indicated there were a lot of students interested in composting and digesting. She noted the possibility of getting a digester. Chris Machen suggested maybe having a video on the screen at the stadium during the football game. Jessica noted it was important to make it convenient for the users, as well. Regarding the Business Services, Dedee noted she would try to meet with Jim Morgan and Bob Miller regarding their national vendors in their efforts for more sustainable products.

c. Housing/Preview/Transfer Students; Student Government/IFC/Panhellenic/SGProductons; Gator Dining
i. Sharon Blansett from Housing discussed how they introduced the recycling concept to new UF students through Preview. They passed out information regarding Cartridges for Kids, etc. She indicated they got some good responses from summer. She also noted they were striving to educate the students where recycling bins are. Housing has several pilots continuing: Light bulb exchange in Yulee Hall and Tanglewood – working with GRU, trying to use some new air conditioners at Diamond Village; the waterless urinals; low water toilets; infrared paper dispensers. There is a list being compiled for the Director of the initiatives currently in progress, as well as a list of short-term and long-term goals.
ii. Jill Rodriguez, with Gator Dining, reported the Fresh Food Company currently is purchasing produce from local vendors. The next step will be purchasing protein from local vendors. All green chemicals are being used by Gator Dining for cleaning. They will be sponsoring a local foods night at the Fresh Food Company and Gator Dining Hall featuring local food vendors, partnering with Brendon Moore’s group – Gators for a Sustainable Campus (GSC). Jill noted that in the spring Gator Corner will be doing this as well. She said that national brands are a big concern, as some do not use recyclable products. Lisa Deal encouraged Jill to speak with Shands and share what Gator Dining is doing on campus. It was also mentioned the food services area processing bio-diesel for PPD. The new program of the Faculty/Staff meal membership has been successful so far. The fresh food alternative has been going over very well.
iii. Ryan Graunke discussed tabling with GSC about recycling on campus, and educating students by showing various recyclable products; having different bins; noting a large volume of contaminants. Mark DePaul, Environmental Affairs representative from Student Government, will be assisting with this project.

d. Cross-campus education; communication; incentive/reward/recognition; external affairs/Dept. of Continuing Ed.
i. Dedee, Erin, and Ryan met with 45 line managers within the Building Services division of PPD. They were relatively receptive; 2/3 interested in following up and they want to learn more about recycling. Before developing a pilot program, it will be necessary to be informed of how it would affect their jobs and how significantly. A pilot program is in the works for two buildings on campus.
ii. Lynne Vaughan noted that the Bookstore has a large container for their recyclable paper and they were having a hard time getting someone to come get it. Eric Cochran, from PPD, told her to notify PPD for assistance with this problem. Dedee noted that she would be meeting with Follett’s representatives in Chicago to discuss their role in recycling on campus.
II. Guest: Johnathan Banks re: Krishna lunch – he was not able to attend. He has indicated that the Krishna group is interesting in a plan for zero waste. GSC is working on this. Sue Blythe noted that the materials the use for their lunches needs to be recyclable.
III. Dedee informed the committee of a website for bio-energy and sustainable technology information: best-L-subscribe-request@lists.ufl.edu . Amie Scanio Dingle from the Controller’s Office was inquiring as to how surplus office supplies could be recycled on campus more effectively. It was discussed to possibly develop an e-mail exchange or list-serve for this purpose. Lisa suggested possibly contacting HR and getting a space for this purpose on their Info-Gator. Sue Blythe indicated that the County had a website for posting such information. This would not be limited to UF.
IV. Discussion re: future guests – Dedee suggested Dr. Wilkie – expert in waste energy – to come and speak to the task force. The task force members thought having guest speakers would be a great idea. Some other suggestions were GRU, Progress Energy, SP, Laveda Brown.

The next meeting will be Monday October 30, 2006; 2:00 – 3:30 p.m., Main Street, PPD.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 p.m.

The will be a meeting of the Zero Waste Task Force on Monday, October 30, 2006 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in the Main Street meeting facility at the Physical Plant Division.

Agenda
UF Zero Waste Task Force
30 October 2006 – 2:00-3:30
Physical Plant Division – Main Street

I. Reports from subcommittees

a. Shands/Health Center
i. Point person: Lisa Deal (with handoff coming soon!)

b. Research and Education departments/IFAS Extension
i. Point person: Mark Hostetler

c. Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services
i. Point person: Brian Barton

d. Housing/Preview/Transfer Students; Student Government/ IFC/Panhellenic/SGProductions; Gator Dining
i. Point person: Jordan See (need a new point person)

e. Cross-campus education; communication; incentive/reward/recognition; external affairs/Dept of Continuing Ed
i. Point people: Erin Largo-Wight; Dedee DeLongpré

II. Updates on general campus waste-related issues

III. Discussion re future guests

IV. Breakout group discussions
a. Review prioritized subcommittee goals
i. Short-term (6-12 mo) goals
ii. Long-term (1-2 yr) goals

V. Next Meeting:
a. November 27th at 2:00-3:30 pm
b. Main Street

The following (and also attached) are the minutes for the October 30, 2006 Zero Waste Task Force meeting.

UF Zero Waste Task Force
October 30, 2006 Meeting

Attendees:
Dedee DeLongpre Chris Machen
Eric Cochran Ryan Graunke
Lynne Vaughan Lisa Deal
Jill Rodriguez Daniel McKeague
Mike Halabi Mark Hostetler
Bill Jernigan Dale Morris
Fred Gratto John Schert
Pat Colahan

Dedee DeLongpre called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.
Dedee asked that everyone introduce themselves since there were a couple of new faces to the task force. She introduced Dale Morris, the new Solid Waste Coordinator for the Physical Plant Division. Also present was a new representative from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Pat Colahan.

I. Reports from subcommittees

a. Shands/Health Center – Mike Halabi discussed their meeting wherein many administrative officials from Shands were in attendance. He noted that they were attempting to involve the College of Nursing as much as they could; however, there were two main roadblocks there: (1) space for the recycling receptacles in patients’ rooms and (2) the pest issue. It was indicated that the bio-medical waste is the major problem for Shands. They had been able to donate used mattresses to numerous local charitable agencies. They are working with housekeeping to educate and continue to improve the recycling initiative. Mike noted that Shands pays "on average" about 15-16 cents per pound to dispose of regular trash at the landfill. They pay "on average" between 19-24 cents per pound to dispose of biomedical waste/Sharps boxes/and stocks/cultures generated from the labs to be autoclaved or incinerated by a vendor private company "Stericycle". It was suggested that possibly a representative from the College of Nursing be appointed to the Task Force.

There was discussion as to whether the Health Science Center and Shands should be two separate entities as the reduce, reuse, recycle effort proceeds. It was noted that although they do share some issues, some items at Shands would not affect the Health Center at all.

It was suggested that the Health Center representative have a strong connection and relationship with the administration. Dennis Hines has served as the representative for the Health Center so far.

b. Research and Education departments/IFAS Extension – Mark Hostetler reported that this subcommittee’s short-term goal is to produce a poster and information website on how to reduce, reuse and recycle. They aim to display the poster in departmental units. They are still working on how to track the impact that this poster will have: (1) are they looking at the poster? (2) are they doing anything with the information? Mark noted the timeframe for having the poster ready was by mid-Spring. He asked that if there is something any department is doing that is impacting the initiative, please let him know.

c. Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services – Lynne Vaughan from the UF Bookstore told the task force that the Bookstore was concentrating on the used book initiative. She also mentioned they went through many toner cartridges and inquired as to where to recycle them. Lisa Deal will send her link for the vendors who have contracts and offer recycling services to UF.

d. Housing/Preview/Transfer Students; Student Government/IFC/Panhellenic/SG Productions; Gator Dining – Jill Rodriguez gave a report on the "dining hall party" that took place prior to the Campus & Community Sustainability Conference last week. It was a great success. Overall, 900 people were served dinner. There were sustainable "give-aways" that she brought so all could see. They labeled food so that attendees could see where things came from. She said it was an educational experience for those working as well as for those attending.

Ryan Graunke is working on a pamphlet that explains what "to and not to" recycle for students. He is also preparing a "Recycling IQ Program" to quiz students. The purpose is to find out how educated students are and to get the word out about what can be recycled. He is furnishing a "hotline" on the pamphlet for further information about recycling off-campus. Jill suggested doing a direct mailer for the students. There are open mail boxes that can be used in the housing areas that don’t require postage. Also, it was noted that the Gator Times comes out on Mondays.

Dedee noted that there is a group of graduate students in the "Affecting Change" class that are working on a newspaper recycling project, in particular, in the Turlington area.

e. Cross-campus education, communication; incentive/reward/
recognition; external affairs/Dept. of Continuing Ed. – Dedee noted that she was contacted by the President’s Office about an under-utilized reward out of the President’s Office. She is going to try to utilize it somehow to recognize campus employees who engage the sustainability initiative.

Dedee suggested initiating more across-campus contests with rewards or recognition based on sustainability efforts. Mark suggested having some type of social event for the awarding of rewards.

It was noted that Housing is having an energy conservation contest.

Danny McKeague and Ryan Graunke informed the task force that there is a "Facets of Sustainability" student Fair November 14-16.

Dedee asked that Derrick Bacon from Building Services be kept in the loop regarding any issues that the Building Services folks need to be made aware of and/or that he join the task force.

II. Updates on general campus waste-related issues – Dedee noted a local for-profit business that had a table at the conference called "Re-user". They take the architectural elements from building deconstruction, repair/upgrade it, and sell it for re-use. Utilizing this business helps to keep things in the local economy.

Eric Cochran reported that there is much going on with the energy issue. Dedee suggested that on the next meeting agenda, there be a co-report on the energy work being done on campus.

Dedee noted that she is very committed to setting up a list serve on campus to exchange supplies that are below the $ limit for assets.

V. Next Meeting:

The next meeting will be November 27th at 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Main Street at PPD.
It was decided by the Task Force to skip a December meeting.

Dedee asked that for the January 29, 2007, meeting, the subcommittees have well articulated, quantifiable waste reduction goals that can be presented to the Task Force at that time.

The meeting was adjourned.

The Zero Waste Task Force will next meet:
Monday, November, 27, 2006.
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Main Street - PPD

The following is the agenda for the Zero Waste Meeting to be held Monday, November 27, 2006.
2-3:30 p.m. - PPD Main Street Facility

Agenda
UF Zero Waste Task Force
27 October 2006 - 2:00-3:30 p.m.
PPD - Main Street

I. Reports from Subcommittees
a. Shands/Health Center
i. Point Person: Lisa Deal (with handoff coming soon)

b. Research and Education departments/IFAS Extension
i. Point person: Mark Hofstetler

c. Entertainment/Athletic Association/Business Services
i. Point person: Brian Barton

d. Housing/Preview/Transfer Students; Student Government/IFC/Panhellenic/SGProductions; Gator Dining
i. Point People: Sharon Blansett; Jill Rodriguez

e. Cross-campus education; communication; incentive/reward/recognition; external affairs/Dept. of Continuing Ed
i. Point people: Erin Largo-Wight; Dedee DeLongpre

II. Updates on general campus waste-related issues

III. Discussion re: future guests

IV. Breakout group discussions
a. Review prioritized subcommittee goals
i. Short-term (6-12 mo.) goals
ii. Long-term (1-2 yr.) goals

V. Next meeting:
a. January 29, 2007 at 2:00-3:30 p.m.
b. PPD - Main Street Facility

November's task force meeting has been cancelled due to lack of participation.

Each working group should meet prior to the winter break to generate lists of tangible goals for 2007. Each list should include 1) a plan for reaching each goal, 2) a timeline for achieving each goal, and 3) the stakeholders who have agreed to work on each goal. Chris Machen and Mark Hostetler will take these reports to the Sustainability Committee in February and the goals will inform the strategic planning process for campus sustainability for the year.

There will be a Zero Waste Task Force meeting on Monday, January 29, 2007, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. at the PPD Main Street facility.

Attached is the agenda for the ZW Task Force meeting on January 29, 2007.

Attached are the minutes for the task force meeting held on January 29, 2007.

There will be a meeting of the Zero Waste Task Force on Monday, March 26, 2007, from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the PPD Main Street facility.

Attached is the agenda for the next meeting of the task force to be held on Monday, March 26, 2007,from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the PPD Main Street facility.

Attached please find the minutes for the Monday, March 26, 2007, Zero Waste Task Force meeting.

There will be a meeting of the Zero Waste Task Force:

Monday, June 4, 2007
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Main Street, PPD

Attached is the agenda for the June 4, 2007, Zero Waste Task Force Meeting to be held at the PPD Main Street facility from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

UF Zero Waste Task Force
May 4, 2007 Meeting

Attendees:
Dedee DeLongpre
Mark Hostetler
Anna Prizzia
Dennis Hines Carol Hinton
Sue Blythe Eric Cochran
Derrick Bacon Jill Rodriguez
Dale Morris Lynne Vaughan
John Schert Anna Prizzia
Sharon Blansett Gina Hawkins

Dedee DeLongpre called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.

The Task Force members introduced themselves and shared their greatest sustainability success story since the last meeting in March.

I) Dedee presented a document that summarized the recommendations that the ZWTF had generated form the working groups. She suggested that this document be submitted to the Sustainability Committee as formal recommendations.

a) It was mentioned that the Campus kitchens portion needed to be taken out of the Gator Dining section of the recommendations.
b) It was also mentioned that the Text Book Initiative had been tabled during the previous legislative session, and that it will be re-submitted in the next session.
c) There was a motion and a second to review this document (to be sent as an email attachment) for any errors or additions within 24 hours, and then to accept this edited document as the recommendations to the Sustainability Committee. It passed unanimous support.

II. Dedee introduced the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Assessment Framework. She explained that this set of criteria will act as the metrics and strategies that UF will use to generate the next indicators report. It will also be used as a tool for the visioning process where by the Office of Sustainability will set goals and generate momentum for the next stages of advancing sustainability at UF.

a) She suggested that this work would be the next phase, and the ZWTF should go on a hiatus until the visioning and indicators had been done, and a new charge for work could be generated for the taskforce.
b) There was a motion and a second to have the ZWTF go on hiatus. It passed with unanimous support.
c) It was discussed and decided that the Waste section of the AASHE framework would be sent out with the Recommendations in an email.
d) Dedee extended an invitation to all members of the ZWTF to be a part of the visioning process and the development of the next indicators report.

Dedee then thanked Mark Hostetler for his work as the chair of the ZWTF, and thanked all members for their work and participation.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:58 p.m.