Key Performance Indicators
Events
2008:
1. Campus Sustainability Day 10/22/08
2. Mt Trashmore 10/24/08
3. E-Waste Collection Event 10/24/08
4. Local Foods Dinner 11/11/08
2009:
1. RecycleMania 1/18/09 – 3/28/09
2. National Climate Teach-in 2/5/09
3. Student Tours of METRO Recycling Facility 2/6/09
4. Net Impact Club Dumpster Dive at the Monroe County Transfer Station 3/13/09
5. Student Earth Day 4/18/09
6. Tabled for Go Green Pledge at Biodiesel kick-off event 4/23
7. Tabled for Go Green Pledge at Live Well Eat Local Dining Services event 4/24
8. End of Year Cleanout 5/8/09 – 5/18/09
9. Tabled for Go Green Pledge in House of Six Nations Cafeteria 6/5/09
10. Women of Waste (WOW) Arboretum Tour led by Dan Schied on 6/11/09
11. Tabled for Go Green Pledge National Trails Day Event 6/24/09
12. Tabled for Go Green Pledge in the Flaum Atrium on 7/9/09 & 7/10/09
13. Eco Rep dinner 8/24/09
14. Freshman Move-in Expo Event on 8/25/09
15. Tabled for Go Green Pledge at Club Rochester on 9/11/09
16. Tabled for the Go Green Pledge at the Wellness Fair 9/22/09-9/24/09
17. International Coastal Cleanup- Hamlin Beach Event 9/19/09
18. Landfill Tour 10/23/09
19. Electronics Collection Event 10/30/09
20. America Recycles Day 11/16/09
21. Women & Sustainability Round Table Discussion with Local College
Sustainability Coordinators 11/17/09
2010:
1. RecycleMania 2010 (1/17-3/27)
2. Recycling Center Tours (3 student groups) 2/12/10
3. Mt. Trashmore 3/4/10
4. Feelin’ Trashy 3/4/10
5. Green Tech Fair 3/18/10
6. Student Earth Day Fair 4/17/10
7. Eat Local Live Well Trade Fair (Go Green Pledge) 4/22/10
8. Seneca Park Zoo’s Our Fragile World Event 4/30/10 & 5/1/10
9. End of the Year Cleanout 5/3-5/15
10. National Trails Day (Go Green Pledge) 6/23/10
11. Tabled for the Go Green Pledge on 7/16/10 during Parking’s Meeting of the
Minds conference.
12. Attended High Acres Landfill Open House on 8/3/10
13. Coordinated a Photography Lunch and Learn session for PPM and SO on 8/18/10
14. EcoReps Meet & Greet and Presidents Dinner 8/23/10
15. Freshmen Expo 8/25/10
16. Tabled for the Go Green Pledge at Club Rochester 9/10
17. Women of Waste (WOW) Arboretum Tour 10/6/10
18. Waste Wise/EPA Game Day Challenge 10/16/10
19. E-Waste Collection Event 10/29/10
20. Mill Seat Landfill Tour 11/19/10
2011:
1. RecycleMania 1/23-4/2
2. RecycleMania Kick-off event at Empire State College 1/21/11
3. Student RecycleMania Promotion 2/12/11
4. Student Recycling Center Tour 2/25/11
5. RecycleMania Social Event 2/25/11
6. RecycleMania Water Week Event 3/19/11
7. Health & Wellness Fair 3/22 & 3/23/11 (Go Green Pledge)
8. Mt. Trashmore 3/31/11
9. UR Sustainability Panel Discussion 4/13/11
10. Eat Local Live Well Trade Show (Go Green Pledge) 4/18/11
11. Move-out Cleanout 5/2-5/17/11
12. Earth Day Festival 4/22/11
13. Our Fragile World (Seneca Park Zoo) 5/6/11
14. National Trails Day (Go Green Pledge) 7/14/11
15. Personal Documents Roundup 7/15/11
16. EcoReps Meet & Greet 8/22
17. Freshmen EXPO 8/24
18. Club Rochester 9/9 (Go Green Pledge)
19. Compost Facility Tour for staff 10/13
20. EPA WasteWise Game Day Challenge 10/22
21. E-Cycle Day 10/28
22. High Acres Landfill Tour 11/11
2012:
1. RecycleMania 1/22-3/31
2. Recycling Center Tour 2/17
3. Mt. Trashmore 3/23
4. Go Green Pledge Table 3/23
5. RecycleMania Open Mic Finale Night 3/31
6. Zero Waste Lunch 4/21
7. Earth Day 4/22
8. Move-out Cleanout 5/1-5/22
9. Alternative Transportation Expo (Go Green Pledge)
10. National Trails Day (Go Green Pledge) 6/1
Recycling Training Programs/Presentations
2008:
1. Professional Nursing Council 10/15/08
2. Presentation to the Council on Environmental Sustainability 11/21/2008
2009:
1. Presented to RCAG 1/22/09
2. ESW Meeting presentation 2/19/09
3. Support Operations Team Building Event presentation 4/2/09
4. Benefits Office Presentation 4/22/09
5. Nursing Financial Accountability Committee presentation 5/20/09
6. URMC Research Committee presentation 6/15/09
7. URMC Children’s Center presentations 7/10/09
8. Fellowship, Study Abroad and the Registrar’s Offices presentation 8/5/09
9. ESW Presentation 10/15/09
10. RCAG Meeting presentation 10/22/09
11. NYSAR3 Conference presentation 11/18/09
2010:
1. Presented to the Sustainability Council on the Cost Benefits of Recycling on
2/3/10.
2. Presentation at the ESW staff meeting on 2/18/10 about RecycleMania.
3. Presentation to Ben Ebenhack’s UR Footprint class on 2/19/10.
4. Presention to Eco Reps on 3/3/10.
5. Guest speaker for Women of the Moose on 6/10/10.
6. EcoReps pre-orientation training on 8/24/10.
7. EcoReps Recycling Chapter meeting 9/21/10.
8. Presentation to the RCAG meeting 9/23/10.
9. Presentation to the RC Library Staff Meeting 10/13/10.
10. Presentation to the Sustainability Council on recycling data 12/6/10
2011:
1. Waste Minimization Steering Committee 2/15
2. Care of God’s Creation group presentation at Church of the Transfiguration 4/14
3. Waste Minimization Steering Committee 5/17
4. ESW Staff Meeting 6/29/11
5. Cardiac Rehab (Clinton Crossings) 7/12
6. Dining Services/Aramark convention style training 8/12
7. Eastman School of Music RA’s 8/18
8. EcoReps pre-orientation Training 8/23
9. Waste Minimization Steering Committee 9/2
10. DEC Environmental Excellence Award Ceremony 12/6
11. Waste Minimization Steering Committee 12/13
2012:
1. Waste Minimization Steering Committee 2/21
2. Composting Training with Waste Management on 3/21 and 4/5
3. Green Campus Challenge Gathering 4/13
4. Waste Minimization Steering Committee 5/15
5. NY Solid Waste Federation Conference (panel speaker) 5/21
6. Hill & Markes Trade Show 6/20
Articles
Blue Print
2008:
1. Nov 08
2009:
1. Jan 09
2. March 09
3. May 09
4. July 09
5. Sept 09
6. Nov 09
2010:
1. Jan 10
2. March 10
3. May 10 (RecycleMania 2010 Results Posted)
4. July 10 (Moveout Cleanout)
5. September10 (New Containers Arrive)
6. November 10 (Rechargeable Batteries)
2011:
1. January 11 (Recycling Coordinator Returns and 3rd Annual E-waste Recycling
Event a Success!)
2. March 11 (Recycling Rate Reaches Record High)
3. May 11 (How to Conserve Energy Like a Pro)
4. July 11 (Monroe County Recycling Expansion)
5. Sept 11 (First Shredding Event a Success)
6. Nov 11 (Anderson & Wilder Receive Energy Star Certification)
2012:
1. January 12 (Recycling that Computes: 4th Annual E-cycle Day a Success)
2. March 12 (Salute for Sustainability: University of Rochester Acknowledged with Three
Separate Awards)
3. May 12 (Recognizing a Green Star at URMC)
4. July 12
Go Green
2009: (participated in)
1. First Annual Cleanout a Success (Jun 09)
2. Green Meetings (Aug 09)
3. Electronics Collection Event 2009 Announcement (Oct 09)
4. Recycling in the Flaum Atrium (Article Nov 09) and Published in URMC Today
2010: (started coordinating all articles)
1. Microform Recycling (Jan 10)
2. RecycleMania: Let the Games Begin (Jan 10)
3. UR Home Ownership Incentive (Feb 10)
4. LEED Green Associate (Feb 10)
5. RecycleMania Update (March 10)
6. Support Earth Hour (3/24/10)
7. MC Green Floors (4/7/10)
8. Ink Cartridge Recycling (4/21/10)
9. RecycleMania 2010 Results Posted (5/5/10)
10. Curb Your Car (5/19/10)
11. LED Lighting in the IT Center (6/2/10)
12. Greenwashing (6/16/10)
13. Move-out Cleanout (6/30/10)
14. Green Cleaning (7/14/10)
15. Wastewise (7/28/10)
16. New Recycling Containers Arrive (8/11/10)
17. Giving New Life to a Plastic Bottle (8/25/10)
18. Green UR Online Experience (9/8/10)
19. Outdoor Recycling Begins! (9/22/10)
20. Electronics Recycling Event (10/6/10)
21. Rechargeable Batteries (11/3/10),
22. Stop, Drop, and Recycle Medical Supplies (11/17/10)
23. 3rd Annual E-waste Recycling Event a Success! (11/29/10)
24. White Outside, Green Inside (12/13/10)
2011:
1. Waste Minimization Steering Committee (1/12/11)
2. RecycleMania: Let’s Get Ready to Recycle! (1/26/11)
3. Going Green with University Mail Services (2/9/11)
4. Recycling Rate Reaches Record High (2/23/11)
5. RecycleMania: Recycle Right Into Spring (3/9/11)
6. How to Conserve Energy Like a Pro (3/23/11)
7. All Aboard UR’s Biodiesel Program (4/6/11)
8. Go Green for Earth Day (4/20/11)
9. Sustainability “Likes This” (5/5/11)
10. Saunders Research Building; LEEDing the Way Towards Sustainability (5/18/11)
11. Positive Numbers: The Skinny on Monroe County’s June 1st Recycling Expansion
(6/1/11)
12. Protect Your Identity and the Environment at the Personal Documents Roundup
on July 15th (6/15/11)
13. Third Annual Move-out Cleanout a Success (6/29/11)
14. Let’s Go Green Teams, Let’s Go (7/13/11)
15. Progress in Energy Efficiency Projects Pays Off (7/27)
16. Rochester's First Shredding Event a Success (8/10)
17. Hybrid Hype: Putting Green into Gear (8/24)
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Greener Textbook Options Take the Guesswork out of Homework (9/6)
Anderson & Wilder Receive Energy Star Certification (9/21)
Reduce, Reuse, E-Cycle! Time Again for the Annual Electronics Recycling Event (10/5)
Are You Sustain-A-Bowl? The Newest Student Sustainability Competition (10/19)
Gone Green! The U of R Wins EPA Award (11/2)
Sustainability that Computes: Fourth Annual E-Cycle Day a Success! (11/16)
Small Choices, Big Impact: the Effect of Facilities Materials Management on
Sustainability (11/30)
25. Holiday Cheer for You and the Environment (12/14)
2012:
1. Outdoor Recycling Comes to the University of Rochester Medical Center (1/11)
2. Salute for Sustainability: University of Rochester Acknowledged with Three Separate
Awards (1/25)
3. From Yellowjackets to RecycleManiacs (2/8)
4. Composting: The Future of Food Waste (2/22)
5. Sustainable Living: Rochester’s Newest Green Interest Housing Group (3/7)
6. Recognizing a Green Star at URMC (3/21)
7. Chipping Towards a Sustainable Future (4/2)
8. Localize it for Earth Day 2012 (4/16)
9. RecycleMania 2012: From Good to Better (5/2)
10. Chiller Modernization Project: Chilling Out on Pollution (5/23)
11. Recycling Data Reveals Significant Improvements in University Recycling (6/6)
12. Shred Fest 2012: Drop Off Your Paper Documents to be Securely Shredded and
Recycled (6/20)
13.
Non- Go Green Blog (Tracking as of 1/11)
2011:
1. Recycling Coordinator Returns (1/4/11)
2. Easy Ways to Recycle Electronics (1/17/11)
3. Tuning into Webinars (1/31/11)
4. Promoting RecycleMania 2011 (2/14/11)
5. The Mania Continues at the Monroe County Recycling Center (3/1/11)
6. Local Electronics Recycling Event (3/2/11)
7. How Does Air Pollution Affect our Health? (3/10/11)
8. Water Week (3/14/11)
9. Caps and Gowns Made From Recycled Plastic (3/29/11)
10. Mt. Trashmore; a Waste-reduction Awareness Event (4/11/11)
11. Moving out? Don’t Trash; Donate (4/25/11)
12. RecycleMania Wrap-up (5/9/11)
13. Let There be Light; A Brief History (5/23/11)
14. University of Rochester’s Personal Documents Roundup; Protect Your Identity
and the Environment (6/6/11)
15. Solvent Distillation (6/21/11)
16. UR Makes the Princeton Review’s Green Colleges List (7/5/11)
17. UR Now Offering a Minor in Sustainability (7/18/11)
18. Preparing for a New Green Academic Year (8/1)
19. Dining Services Staff Gets Up to Speed on Recycling (8/15)
20. Welcome Class of 2015 (8/29)
21. Join Us this Weekend at Greentopia (9/12)
22. Support Curb Your Car Week (9/27) (no article on 10/11- AASHE conference)
23. Reminder: E-Cycle Day This Friday (10/25)
24. Game Day Challenge Results (11/7)
25. Ecopalooza! (11/21)
26. We Chose to Buy it Used (12/5)
27. Local Delights (12/19)
2012:
1. Results Posted for the Game Day Challenge (1/16)
2. RecycleMania 2012! (1/30)
3. Have a Very Green Valentine’s Day (2/13)
4. RecycleMania 2012 Recycling Center Tour (2/27)
5. Little Things CAN Make a Difference (3/12)
6. Help UR Win the Arbor Day Event Contest (3/26)
7. Mt. Trashmore 2012: An Annual ReycleMania Tradition (4/9)
8. A Season to Celebrate Earth (4/23)
9. From Trash to Treasure (5/7)
10. Server Virtualization: Multi-tasking to Energy Savings (5/14)
11. Memorial Day Honors (5/28)
12. Recycle Trash Cans? Why Not! (6/11)
Announcements and Misc
2008:
1. Ink Cartridge Announcements
2. Electronics Collection Event Announcements
3. Campus Times Article Sustainability hire coordinates campus environmental
efforts (Nov 08)
4. Currents Article University’s first recycling coordinator digs in to new role (Dec
08)
2009:
5. Campus Times Article Teach-in highlights climate-change reform (Feb 2009)
6. URMC Today highlights Go Green Pledge (Summer 2009)
7. Weekly Buzz (RecycleMania weekly Trivia Contest)
8. RecycleMania Articles and Publications (Jan-Mar 2009)
9. End of Year Cleanout Announcements and Publications (May 2009)
10. Electronics Collection Event Announcements & Publications (October 2009)
2010:
1. RecycleMania Articles and Publications (Jan-Mar 2010)
2. UR Press Release on winning RBJ’s Environmental Leadership Award (4/22/10)
3. RBJ’s article on Environmental Leadership Award (4/9/10)
4. Earth Day/Week Announcements in @ Rochester, Weekly Buzz, URMC Today
(April 2010)
5. Green Cleaning article published in URMC Today (April 2010)
6. Green UR Online Experience published in Weekly Buzz and Parents Buzz (Sept
2010)
7. Trashing Cardboard (EcoReps article) posted in Weekly Buzz and Parents Buzz
(Sep 2010)
8. Electronics Recycling Event posted in Weekly Buzz, @Rochester, URMC today,
and Highland Hospitals employee newsletter, “Updates” (Oct 2010)
9. Outdoor Recycling Containers advertised in Weekly Buzz (Oct 2010)
10. Reuse Medical Supplies Program posted in URMC today (Nov 2010)
2011:
1. RecycleMania announcements and trivia contest in Weekly buzz (1/23-4/2)
2. Waste Minimization Steering Committee posted in URMC Today (1/12/2011)
3. Recycling Rate Reaches Record High posted in URMC Today (2/23/2011)
4. Take Charge of Your Energy Consumption (Variation of How to Conserve
Energy Like a Pro) in URMC Today (3/21/2011)
5. Earth Day Announcement & Go Green Pledge in Weekly Buzz (4/17/11) and
URMC Today (4/19/11)
6. Move-out Cleanout in Weekly Buzz 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, and 5/15?
7. Show You Like Going Green- URMC Today (5/3/11)
8. Saunders Research Building LEEDs the way Toward Sustainability- URMC
Today (5/16/11)
9. Announcements of the new Monroe County recycling expansion posted in URMC
Today, sent to Facilities Everyone, Facilities Notifications, RCAG list,
Department Directors list, UR Sustainable List Serve Waste Minimization
Committee, MC MWMC, MC TV news monitors, URMC This Week (6/1/11)
10. Announcements of the Personal Documents Roundup posted in posted in URMC
Today, sent to Facilities Everyone, Facilities Notifications, RCAG list, MCAG
list, Department Directors list, UR Sustainable List Serve, Waste Minimization
Committee, MC MWMC, University Events Calendar(?), Facebook event
(6/15/11)
11. Rochester's First Shredding Event a Success in URMC Today (8/10)
12. Green Textbook Options URMC Today (Week of 9/6)
13. Greentopia Announcement in Weekly Buzz and @Rochester (Week of 9/12)
14. Reduce, Reuse, E-Cycle! (10/5)
15. Green Holiday Tips posted in URMC Today (12/13) and URMC This Week
(12/14)
16. DEC Award Picture included in Currents (December issue)
2012:
1. New Recycling Containers Coming Soon, URMC Today Top Story 1/12)
http://www.urmctoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2006:new
-outdoor-recycling-containers-coming-soon&catid=38:top-stories&Itemid=62
2. Announcements for Earth Day events (@Rochester, University homepage, Sustainability
page)
3. Move-out Cleanout in Weekly Buzz (5/13)
4. Shred Fest Announcements (6/20)