Harvesting the Bounty from Ohio University’s Move-In/Move-Out Ed Newman, Recycling and Refuse Manager Recycling Coordinators Conference Clemson, South Carolina

Move-In Stats Move- In Card- board Trash Tons 18.5 Tons Tons 19.5 Tons

Preparing for Move-In  Have enough staffing to manage cardboard staffing to manage cardboard Challenge – End of Summer Rush Challenge – End of Summer Rush Scheduling – Staff Scheduling – Staff - Vendor - Vendor

Construction Conflicts  Rolloff Dumpsters  Materials Recovery Leftovers Leftovers  Paving

Cardboard Recycling Awareness  Set up Signage  Summer Awareness Pre-College Res. Life Orientation Ads

More Awareness  Door Hangars  Fridge Magnets  Bulletin Boards  Recycling Unit Placement

Recent Improvements  Move-In used to % in one day  Now its over a 5 day period 2 Weeks of residual cardboard 2 Weeks of residual cardboard Monitor for problems Monitor for problems  Mini Move-outs End of Months End of Months

Move-Out! The Problem

O.U./Athens Vital Stats. O.U.  41 Residence Halls  Houses 7500 Students  2500 Rooms  9 Dining Halls  12 Apt. Buildings  1500 Acre Campus  3500 Faculty/Staff City of Athens  13,000 Students  % of Housing are Rental Units

Material On Campus Off Campus Material On Campus Off Campus Recycling1525Recycling3032 Re- Usables Scrap Metal TrashACR6390 Trash ACR Private Trash Average Week Move-Out Week

Goals for Move-Out  Maximum Recycling & Re-Use Recovery  Minimize Trash Disposal  Minimize Overall Economic/Environmental Costs  Foster Cooperation On and Off Campus

Goals for Move-Out (Con’t.)  Clean and Tidy  Efficient Operations  Cover all Activities on Campus as Possible

Targeted Materials For Recovery  Re-Usables-See First Sheet of Handout  Scrap Metal  Recyclables- See First Sheet of Handout  Food

On Campus  Residence Halls  Academic/Administrative Buildings Buildings Retirements Retirements Purges Purges InventoryInventory Attic/Storage AreaAttic/Storage Area DepartmentalDepartmental IndividualsIndividuals  Events and Graduation

Bulk Items Trash

Off Campus  Rental Houses  Multi-Unit Facilities

Communicating  Recycle-Mania/Move-Out Newspaper Ad  Bulletin/Sandwich Board in Residence Halls  PSA’s to Media Outlets and University News Service  Mass s All On and Off Campus Students All On and Off Campus Students All Faculty and StaffAll Faculty and Staff

More Communicating  Signage for Dumpsters  Re-Use Sites  Doorway Signs  Carpet Here Signs  Clean Recyclables, Cardboard, or Reusables Here Signs  Food Collection Signage

Communicating (Con’t)  Door to Door  Flyers  Graffiti Wall  Articles From Groups  Calling  Radio  Catvision Cable NEt  Web Site  Apartment Newsletter  Letters to the Editor

Materials List  Pallets (50 +), Stakes  Duct, Packing, Office And Survey Tape  Staple Gun, Staples  Signage and Labels  Hand Sledge  Markers, Various  3-4 Trucks  Bread Crates  Extra Keys

Extra Dumpsters  4, 20 Yard Roll Offs for Trash  1, 20 and 2, 30 Yard for Carpet  1, 20 for Scrap Metal  11, 2 Yard  3, 4 Yard  18, 6 Yard  4, 8 Yard  Placed Before Finals  Picked up Sunday After by Vendor

Other Matters  Maintaining Campus and Services  Theater Set Recycling  Graduation  Theft  Dumpster Diving and Scavenging  Summer Preparation  Faculty/Staff Purges  Residence Hall Storage Cleanouts  South Green Set-Up  Airing Out Dumpsters  Timing of Collection

Timing of Collection  Trash and Recycling Collection Must Be Done at Night and Early Morning  Spreading out Move-Out by putting up Re- Use and Food Collection Sites Early More manageable with more gradual purge More manageable with more gradual purge Higher recovery Higher recovery More visibility More visibility Avoid some of the Scavenging Avoid some of the Scavenging

Meeting and Coordination  Recycling and Trash Vendor  Renovation Depts.  Re-Use Collectors  Labor Scheduling Students Students Community Services Community Services Incentives to Work Incentives to Work  Residence Life  OU Police Department

Meeting and Coordination (Con’t)  Grounds Supervisors  Dining Services  Residential Custodial Services  City of Athens, Service Safety Dir. & Code Office  Communicators, my staff and volunteers  Summer Prep Construction and projects, workshops, maintenance, and move-out follow up Construction and projects, workshops, maintenance, and move-out follow up

Partnering with Community to Reduce Waste  United Campus Ministry  Albany Tutoring Center  Red Cross  New to You  Faith Believers Ministry  Good Works  Gathering Place  APAC ( Appalachian People’s Action Coalition)  Others…….

4-H Golden Gaits Jr. Fair Bd. & Count Ag. Society  Split up the campus between them for Re- usables collection  Volunteers each group  6-10 at a time  Several to 11 hours per day  Collect, Receive and Sort and Give Away

Approximate Volumes  Hundreds of boxes of foods to nearly 1000 families  After 2-3 weeks collection, all picked up in just a few hours  All went to…. Flood Victims Flood Victims People in need locally and elsewhere People in need locally and elsewhere Soldiers in Iraq Soldiers in Iraq

Outcomes  Use lead organizations  Thanks all volunteers  Great Town/Gown Relationship Building  Helps a lot of people  Educational  Learn how to improve for next year  Reduce high grade waste

Fearless Leaders

The Future  Cleaner Town  Higher recovery of Recyclables and Reusables  Carpet Recovery  Better Communication  More Capacity to store re-usables  Zero-Waste?

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