Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.65
Liaison Kelly Nowicki
Submission Date May 20, 2015
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University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
EN-5: Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Rob Tyser
Professor
Biology
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Has the institution held at least one sustainability-related outreach campaign directed at students within the previous three years that has yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

Has the institution held at least one sustainability-related outreach campaign directed at employees within the previous three years that has yielded measurable, positive results in advancing sustainability?:
Yes

The name of the campaign (1st campaign):
RecycleMania

A brief description of the campaign (1st campaign):

UW-La Crosse participated in RecycleManai in 2012-13 and 2013-14.


A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (1st campaign):

The campus recycled about 28% of its waste.


The website URL where information about the campaign is available (1st campaign):
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The name of the campaign (2nd campaign):
Switching to Single Stream Recycling

A brief description of the campaign (2nd campaign):

UW-L converted to single-stream in January 2015 and is expected to create a simpler recycling process that will increase the amount of material being recycled, reduce the amount of trash that ends up in the waste stream and reduce the cost of handling trash.

Single-stream recycling allows users to conveniently place all of their recyclable items such as newspaper, cardboard, mixed paper, magazines, glass, aluminum and plastics 1-7, in one recycling bin. The recyclables are sorted later at a local private recycling center.


A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign (2nd campaign):

The impact of this program has not yet been fully documented.


The website URL where information about the campaign is available (2nd campaign):
A brief description of other outreach campaigns, including measured positive impacts:

Dr. James Longhurst is guiding a bicycle-pedestrian campaign with the ultimate goal of securing a "Bicycle Friendly University" designation for the campus. This campaign is still in its infancy and is involved student, staff, and city stakeholders and several baseline surveys of transportation habits by the campus community.


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