This project attempts to tackle the cumbersome issues inherent with food waste management in our campus dining halls. Food waste is an enormous contributor to the municipal waste stream, and its generation has significant immediate and long-term economic as well as environmental consequences that many Americans are oblivious to. Food waste is of particular interest to university administrators because nationally the cost of waste disposal has skyrocketed in recent years, and will likely only continue to increase. Additionally, there is a trend amongst universities towards reducing dining hall waste. If the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wants to maintain its role as a leader in sustainability practices it will be necessary for our institution to consider our waste reducing options.

In light of all this, we must also consider that conducting research through food waste audits, best practice evaluations, or through contracting with external companies specializing in waste reduction techniques, such as using Lean Path software, could have a potential for minor negative effects. Food waste audits and best practice evaluations would require money to pay for those who do the research. Lean Path is more expensive due to the cost of the software and the training that is involved as well. Other negative impacts include taking time/support away from other projects around campus and that major planning is involved with improving UIUC’s waste reduction. However, these potential negative impacts are all minor and would be offset due to the knowledge gained about UIUC’s waste habits, the potential money saved on food and waste, and by the further “greening” the university and its practices.

I demand that UIUC stop segregating bathrooms along gender lines and provide all-gender bathrooms in all buildings in the University.

I believe gender-segregated bathrooms create uncomfortable and potentially dangerous situations for trans and gender-variant presenting people.

I believe gender-segregated bathrooms reinforce trans* invisibility at UIUC.

I resent statements by UIUC Administration that all-gender bathrooms are widely available on this campus, when they are in fact often difficult to find or unmarked, in inconvenient locations, or simply not available.

I acknowledge that some people, particularly women, may feel unsafe in bathrooms that are no longer gender-segregated. We invite further discussion about this issue, but are currently not aware of any studies suggesting women are more likely to experience harassment or harm in all-gender bathrooms.

I believe it is not the duty of trans* or gender-variant students to self-advocate for all- gender bathrooms on their hall/place of residence, and that residential bathrooms should be all-gender.

I want to remind white and documented people and people with class privilege that those most likely to experience violence and increased surveillance from gender- segregated bathrooms are people of color, poor people, and undocumented people.