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29 <br />2) CU Recycling maintains a "supplier" relationship with the County- delivering material to the <br />County owned MRF. <br />3) Reuseables drives: Reusable clothing, books, and appliances are recovered at the end of <br />every Spring Semester and donated to community groups for resale. <br />4) Green Teams: The City's Environmental Affairs office contracts with the Environmental <br />Center to deliver the Green Teams program which provides energy conservation and <br />recycling assistance to CU students living off - campus. <br />5) Advocacy: CU students are active in a number of City efforts including raising awareness <br />and support for the City's new Zero Waste Plan. <br />6) Ralphies Green Stampede: Composting outreach/ community engagement. "Sustainable <br />Gamedays" is co- sponsored by Boulder County to raise awareness of the need, benefits, and <br />household practices available to compost food scraps around the County. During games <br />education campaigns are conducted which will lead to the final two home games where <br />over 2,000 kitchen composting kits will be distributed. Boulder County funds a portion of <br />the compost kits. BASF provides corporate sponsorship. Athletic events are effective in <br />connecting with important community campaigns like compositing. Athletic events have <br />demonstrated their ability to raise the public's awareness and commitment to sustainability <br />initiatives like zero waste. Common messaging is developed which co- promotes composting <br />on campus as well as off campus. <br />7) Computers to Youth: The County, school district, and a local foundation sponsor CU's <br />Computers to Youth (C2Y) program which "upcycles" surplus computers through mentored <br />computer -build events for high school students in under - served areas of the state. <br />8) Applied academics including research and internships: An applied research center /Zero <br />Waste Lab complements the University's environmental academic programs and offers <br />credit - earning opportunities for students. Students conduct waste /recycling composition <br />assessments, research how to target and capture unrecovered recyclables. Off - campus <br />organizations have begun contracting with CU to perform these types of practical academic <br />research. <br />San Jose State University: <br />Campus doing business as Center for Recycling Development has operated the Santa Clara <br />County recycling hotline and website for over 20 years and they state their method can be <br />replicated entirely. Website RecycleStuff.org <br />Direct their mixed waste stream to the City's Dirty MRF for separation for compost and recycling <br />Bowling Green State University <br />Bowling Green Ohio. BGU brings its recyclables to the City operated MRF. <br />7 <br />