University of Michigan Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling

Elizabeth Fox gathered waste and recycle generation data from top performing facilities at the University of Michigan. Through the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling, facilities managers were interviewed in order to determine reasons for recycling success at top performing facilities. Elizabeth also created surveys for custodians and building staff, users, and occupants in order to better understand individual recycling knowledge and practices. After analyzing this information, Elizabeth created a Recycling Best Practices Report that discusses practices at high rate facilities and how these practices can be used to improve recycling rates at facilities across the university to be used by facilities managers and building users.

Internship Details

Organization	University of Michigan Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling - Ann Arbor, MI
Employment Sector	Academic
Student's Field of Study	Environmental Policy and Planning
Topic Areas of Internship	Waste and Recycling
Duration & Dates	16 weeks, starting 5/1/2011
Skills Gained	Interviewing Skills, Program Evaluation Skills
Duties Performed	Conduct Studies/Research, Policy or Program Analysis, Survey Creation/Analysis
How Student Obtained Internship	SNRE Internship Database (eRecruiter)
Paid or Unpaid?	Paid

SNRE Events

Thursday, October 24th

Chicago Alumni Reception
- Start time: 05:30pm
- End time: 07:30pm
- Thursday, October 24
  5:30-7:30
  Location to be determined (check back soon!)
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Friday, November 8th

SS Forum - Chris Kennedy & John Crittenden
- Start time: 02:00pm
- End time: 05:00pm
- SS FORUM: Sustainable and Resilient Urban Infrastructure for the Next 100 Years
  
  Abstract:
  Two renowned scholars on urban systems share their perspectives on how we may foster more resilient and sustainable urban infrastructures for the 21st Century. Professor Christopher Kennedy (Civil Engineering, University of Toronto) presents cities as an urban metabolism, composed of material and energy stocks and flows, and discusses how infrastructure is a fundamental determinant of the metabolism. Professor John Crittenden (Director, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, Georgia Tech University) introduces the audience to infrastructure ecology, which conceptualizes and models traditional infrastructures (e.g., water, energy, transportation) and socio-economic-ecological infrastructures (e.g., community design, land use planning) as an intertwined, complex, emergent urban nexus.
  
  Each presenter will speak for approximately twenty minutes, followed by questions from University of Michigan assistant professors, Joshua Newell (SNRE) and Ming Xu (SNRE), and from the audience. The event will produce a lively, interactive discussion and reflection on what we must do to forge sustainable, resilient cities in an era of climate change, unprecedented urbanization, and ecological crises. A reception follows this special event.
  
  Bios:
  Chris Kennedy, Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Toronto
  
  His research focus includes: Economic and environmental aspects of sustainable urban infrastructure including transportation, buildings and water systems; Design of sustainable streets and neighbourhoods; Urban metabolism.
  
  John Crittenden, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech and Director, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
  
  His research focus includes: Infrastructure Ecology, Pollution Prevention; Physical Chemical Treatment Processes; Transport of Organics in Saturated and Unsaturated Groundwater; Mass Transfer; Modeling of Wastewater and Water Treatment Processes.
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Monday, November 11th

Talk by Monica Ellis, CEO of Global Water Challenge
- Start time: 05:00pm
- End time: 06:30pm
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