GOAL: Have fun, earn points and win prizes while competing with colleagues to reduce items going to the landfill during the spring Phoenix Cup
competition.
DATES: February 16 – March 6
DIRECTIONS:
1. Form a team of faculty or staff in your workplace, up to 10 people. Team members should all work in or have offices in the same
building.
2. Select a team captain. The team captain is responsible for
a. Registering the team (Letting Jessica Bilecki know the team is competing)
b. Turning in final spreadsheets
c. Being the liaison between the team and the Office of sustainability if questions arise or if prizes are awarded
3. At the end of three weeks sheets are turned into the team captain.
4. The team captain should then turn all worksheets into Jessica Bilecki (jbilecki@elon.edu, CB 2104) by March 11th.
PRIZES: There are three point levels. If your team collectively reaches the point level below, every team member will receive the prizes listed.
Gift card amounts may vary depending on the number of teams competing.
50 points = reusable bag, mug, to-go utensils
100 points = reusable bag, mug, to-go utensils, $5 to local coffee shop
200 points = reusable bag, mug, to-go utensils, $10 to local restaurant
The team with the most points per person wins a free lunch for their team at a local restaurant of choice or one catered by Mill Point.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Hosting a more sustainable event checklist
Composting at Elon
Mind the Bin
Trash Talk: Brown Bag lunch gathering where Office of Sustainability staff answer questions about how to properly dispose of a variety of items.
Team Name:
Your Name:
Team members: check the box next to each activity you completed during Phoenix Cup. Email or give completed checklist to team captain at end
of competition (March 6).
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Act
Talk
Contribute
5 points/action
10 points/action
25 points/action
 ‘Mind the Bin’. Placed all recyclable
items in the appropriate recycling bin
 Used a reusable mug every time I went
to College Coffee during the
competition
 Completed the ‘Waste’ section of the
Sustainability Pledge
 Always printed double sided
 Printed multiple pages per sheet
 Avoided using new plastic bags by
reusing them or using reusable bags
 Used reusable cup or utensils at
catered events with disposable service
ware
 Stopped using desk-side trash can,
used one in common area instead
 Did not produce any landfill waste for
an entire day (at work)
 Got a colleague (not on a Phoenix Cup team)
to commit to a waste reduction behavior
from the “Act” list during the competition
 Attended the ‘Just Sustainabilities’ talk Feb.
24, 7:30pm KOBC 101
 Attended ‘From Madness to Method’ March
3, 7:30pm, McCrary
 At the Office of Sustainability College Coffee
table Feb 17. I picked up my 'I heart the
earth’ pin and talked to other Phoenix Cup
team members (also wearing the pins)
 Made my commitment to a chosen waste
reduction behavior publicly visible to
colleagues during
 Week 1
 Week 2
 Week 3
This may be through social media, including the
Office of Sustainability’s Facebook or Twitter
sites or writing your commitment out and
displaying it on your door or desk.
 Monitored a 'Mind the Bin’ station at a
bball game on 2/22, 2/26, 2/28 or 3/4
(email dworden@elon.edu to sign up)
 Attended the Creating a More
Sustainable Workplace Session (Feb. 26)
or plan to attend the Sustainability
Leaders session April 8.
 Had at least 1 day where I did not
produce any landfill waste at work
 For at least one catered event I attended
during the competition, I spoke with the
event coordinator about:
 Requesting a compost bin for food
waste and cups OR
 Requesting reusable or
compostable serviceware and
compost bins.
Collaborate
50 points/action/team
To be filled out by team captain only
 Every member of my team had at least
Innovate
Points TBD by Office of Sustainability
Describe an action taken by you or by the team that is not listed and you may receive additional
points.
one day during the competition where
they did not produce landfill waste at
work
 Coordinated a ‘Trash Talk’ for building
occupants & majority of my team
attended