"Planning for Move-Out"
Tuesday - March 11, 2008
12:00 pm Eastern/9:00 am Pacific
Approximate duration: 90 minutes
A Presentation of the CURC Webinar Series
Anyone who has ever walked through a college residence hall during the final weeks of the school year has been struck by the volumes of recyclables and reusable materials cast aside by students. For many recycling programs this is the most challenging period of the year as they struggle to balance increased recycling volumes with coordinating a temporary collection system for durable goods. From clothing and computers to sofa’s, unopened cans of soup and whicker Easter baskets, join this webinar to see how other colleges and universities handle move-out. In addition to the nationally-recognized Dump & Run program that works with schools to set up collection programs, the webinar will feature case-studies from several schools.
Series Moderator
Christine von Kolnitz Cooley
Sustainability Manager
Medical University of South Carolina
Christine Cooley is the Sustainability Manager for the Medical University of South Carolina. She has overseen recycling at MUSC since 1995 and took on the sustainability position in 2006. The MUSC Recycling Program has received numerous awards since her arrival. MUSC has received over $300,000 in grants for recycling and sustainability projects.
Upon graduating with a BA degree from the College of Charleston in 1992, Christine worked as the Recycling Coordinator for the College. While working at the College, she was instrumental in establishing the SC DHEC Collegiate Grant Program. In 2004, Ms Cooley and Karyn Kaplan of the University of Oregon co-wrote a recycling book titled Recycling and Beyond: A College Campus Primer. Ms. Cooley is a Clemson Extension Master Waste Educator and a member of the National Recycling Coalition's College and University Recycling Council (CURC) steering committee. Ms Cooley was appointed to the City of Charleston Green Committee in 2007.
Presenters
Lisa Heller Boragine
President
Dump & Run
A well-designed move-out event can be the solution to manage the large spike in reusable materials generated by colleges and universities. This presentation goes over the necessary mix of planning, organization and good teamwork that goes into a successful moveout program. This presentation will review the following five steps: Step 1. Planning your Project, Step 2. Recruiting Volunteers Step 3. Gathering Resources Step 4. Collection Step 5. Event Planning.
Lisa Heller Boragine is founder and President of Dump & Run, Inc. Dump & Run is a nationally recognized nonprofit dedicated to reduce waste among college and university students through Dump & Run, Inc. Heller Boragine has lectured at major colleges and universities on topics related to environmental issues, communication, and conflict mediation. She has taught at Bates College, Hamilton College, the University of Richmond, and currently is a Professor at Cape Cod Community College and Bridgewater State College. She earned her B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont and her M.A. in Speech Communication from Syracuse University.
Dump & Run has attracted national attention and has been featured in radio, television and print articles in publications such as Readers Digest, Readymade Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Boston Globe, People Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, Waste News, the AP Wire, Family Circle, the New York Times and Sierra Club Magazine. Organizations as diverse as the Environmental Protection Agency, the Province of Nova Scotia and Stonyfield Farms Yogurt have highlighted Dump & Run for its "best practices" waste reduction efforts. Dump & Run events serve as an understandable way to discuss the issue of our disposable waste problem. More information is available at www.dumpandrun.org .
Benjamin A. Kunka
Recycling Operations-Trash
University of North Carolina Greensboro
UNCG residential student Move-Out Program, Cram and Scram, aims to turn student's dorm room trash into treasure for the entire community to benefit from. The logistics of drop-off center management, material management and sale event management will be covered along with why this program is unofficially endorsed by Rap Super Star, 50-Cent.
Supervising UNCG's Trash and Recycling Operations is not only Ben's job, it is his unique earthly calling. Having the ability to create and continue waste reduction programs (reuse and recycling) has given Ben the power to do combat the idea of "waste". Having studied Natural Resource Management and Economics at UNC-Asheville he feels his skills are well adapted towards running a successful waste management system. At UNC-Greensboro he has enjoyed putting his abilities to work since January 2006. The ability to learn from others, being creative with existing resources and a desire to never be satisfied are what he feels he brings to recycling and waste minimization field. Ben hopes to become one of the leaders in this ever-growing and much needed field, perhaps becoming a consultant later in life.
Luisa Garza
Housing Grounds Supervisor
California State University, Chico
Luisa's presentation will focus on the unique aspects of CSU Chico's Diversion Excursion program. Begun in 2001 as a partnership between the Associated Students' Recycling Department and the University Housing's Grounds Department, the program successfully employs two paid interns and over one hundred volunteers to help departing residential students sort their reusable items into donation bins. The approximately eight tons of durable goods collected each year are donated to area charities.
Luisa graduated from CSU Chico in 1985 with a B.S. in Ornamental Horticulture and has worked for the school’s University Housing and Food Service since September, 1986. She is an environmentalist, organic gardener at home and work. For years, Luisa and her crew cleaned up after departing students and salvaged what they could through informal efforts. The introduction of Diversion Excursion has allowed made her job much easier.