Waste Reduction 2011-2012 in the GRΣΣK Community
GO GREEK & GO GREEN!
TGIF Grant Project
our GOALS
our APPROACH
1. Educate Greek-affiliated Berkeley students about waste reduction 2. Establish and improve recycling, composting, and reuse systems in Greek chapters 3. Increase recycling, composting, and reuse rates to reduce total volume of waste sent to landfills 4. Train sustainability chairs to conduct waste audits 5. Support campus zero-waste initiative by inputing the campus universal signage into chapter houses
1. PROCUREMENT Purchase all materials with $15,345 budget including: signage, recycling bins, e-waste bins, compost bins, compost bag liners, reuse shelves, clothing racks, and re-usable shopping bags. 2. DISTRIBUTION - Organize Greek-wide bin distribution - Monitor use of materials and reallocate between chapters as needed Alpha Delta Pi enjoying their new resuable shopping bags!
3. EDUCATION - Educate all participating chapters’ sustainability chairs about waste reduction through presentations and e-mails - Develop informational hand-outs as a resource - Advise chapters to improve waste systems by bin placement and education strategies - Train sustainability chairs to conduct waste audits 4. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS - Conduct pre and post intervention waste audits at all participating chapters - Measured waste by difference in volume percent in categories of Landfill, Compost, Bottles and Cans, Paper, E-Waste, and Re-usable Items
BIN DISTRIBUTION (Sigma Phi Epsilon shown)
Waste station and signage at Kappa Kappa Gamma
the RESULTS waste fractions in percent volume
waste audit data BEFORE AFTER Waste Reduction Programming Waste Reduction Programming
WASTE AUDITS!! CONTACT US Kelley Doyle Greening the Greeks’ Co-Founder kdoyle@berkeley.edu
Alpha Omicron Pi
Morgan Fabian Greening the Greeks’ TGIF Liaison & Data Specialist morganfabian@berkeley.edu Sarah Hawley Greening the Greeks’ Waste Reduction Director shawley@berkeley.edu
Data Explanation:
This data shows diversion of non-landfill waste into the newly installed recycling and compost bins, we’re making progress after only one semester! Next steps include: - Continuing to strive to have all compost and recycling in their own bins - Encouraging more houses to educate their members on sustainability - Maintain their new systems and add composting if they have not already - There are now a total of 16 houses that compost! MORE TO COME! Sigma Alpha Mu
Acknowledgements
The Green Initiative Fund, Greening the Greeks, Cal Refuse and Recycling Services, Lin King, and All Participating Chapters! TM
Greening the Greeks