University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Zero Waste Program Case Study: Urbana City Building Complex

Submitter: Laura Barnes

Permalink

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/48898

Description

Title
Zero Waste Program Case Study: Urbana City Building Complex
Issue Date
2014-04
Keyword(s)
  • Zero waste -- Illinois -- Case studies
  • Local government -- Illinois -- Source reduction (Waste management) -- Case studies
Abstract
The Urbana City Building Complex is comprised of three buildings, originally constructed in the early 1960s and modified in the 1990s. The complex houses the offices of the Executive (Mayor), Community Development, and Finance departments, as well as Police and Fire Department offices and garages. The City of Urbana engaged the ISTC Zero Waste team to assist them with waste characterization and waste reduction implementation. The waste characterization study was intended to help the City of Urbana, Illinois fulfill the following objectives: Examine the composition and quantity of recyclable materials discarded; Evaluate the effectiveness of existing waste reduction and recycling programs; Provide baseline metrics to increase waste diversion rates and create directed institutional policies; Identify opportunities for increased materials recovery.
Publisher
Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
Series/Report Name or Number
  • ISTC Zero Waste Program Case Study
  • Urbana, IL City Building
Type of Resource
  • text
  • image
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/48898

Owning Collections

TN Series and other Factsheets - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center PRIMARY
ISTC TN Series
Zero Waste Publications -- Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
Case studies, reports, and other information from ISTC's Zero Waste program.