Champaign County Environmental Stewards - CCES

10/15/2026

Event taking place tomorrow on the U of I campus!

♻️ Interested in at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign? Don't miss next week's Sustainability Open House, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at the Illini Union!

Stop by for a few minutes or stay for the full two hours to learn about campus sustainability programs, research, and opportunities! The event will feature a sustainability resource fair and two expert panels who will take audience questions.

🔹Discover initiatives to reduce our footprint – from efficiency, to reduction, to maintaining green spaces – and find out how you can get involved.
🔸Explore offerings that can help you build sustainability-related skills and experience.
🔹Learn about sustainability spanning sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and sustainable transportation infrastructure.
🔸Interact with RSOs, educational programs, and other campus units!

➡️ Event details: https://loom.ly/aIYpd1g

Facilities & Services | Sustainable Design at Illinois | Illinois Student Engagement | University of Illinois College of ACES

10/06/2026

We have lots of folks passionate about composting and talented artists and designers in our community, especially with all the students attending community colleges and universities in and around Champaign County. Check out this contest for designs for the next International Compost Awareness Week!

Time to submit designs! These contests are pretty exciting across the globe each year. Share widely.

10/02/2026

Will you be tailgating at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign homecoming game tomorrow? Be sure to recycle your plastic bottles & aluminum cans! Check out this guidance from Facilities & Services. Go green & go Illini!

Illini Football is back, and this season will feature two F&S Recycling Tailgates in Grange Grove and nearby parking lots outside Gies Memorial Stadium. The first tailgate event will take place before the Homecoming game on Saturday, October 3, when the Illini host Purdue. The second will be held Sa...

10/02/2026

Continuing the theme for Food Waste Prevention Week, here are some resources specifically geared toward K-12 schools.

As many parents and school staff members can attest, a K-12 school is often the source of a lot of food waste. This can be due to a variety of factors—over-preparation or menus that don’t align wit…

09/28/2026

It's Food Waste Prevention Week (Sept. 28- Oct. 4, 2026)! Check out our latest blog post, written by board member Joy Scrogum, to learn more and for tips to help reduce food waste at home. https://www.ccenvstew.org/waste-reduction-tips-for-food-waste-prevention-week/

Food Waste Prevention Week (FWPW) is an annual event focused on raising awareness of food waste and its negative impacts on our society and environment, while also sharing resources to help individuals, families, and organizations reduce their food waste. In 2026, FWPW will be celebrated September 2...

09/26/2026

CCES Executive Director Susan Monte and her crew are hard at work today promoting the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility Capital Campaign at the City of Champaign's One-Day Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.

09/24/2026

This Pollution Prevention Week, you may wonder what you can do to help prevent pollution in your community.

The US EPA has tips for what we can do at home, work and school to help reduce pollution. Check it out here: https://www.epa.gov/p2/what-you-can-do-about-pollution-prevention

09/23/2026

REMINDER: This Saturday, Sept. 26 is the next one-day IEPA-sponsored Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection event for Champaign County. The event will take place from 8am to 3pm at the State Farm Center SW parking lot. You MUST REGISTER for a 15-minute slot to drop off materials, & there’s still time to do so at https://hhwevent.simplybook.me/v2/. Additional details, including accepted materials, are available at that URL. This event is open to ALL IL residents.
If you’d like to assist CCES at the event to increase public awareness/support of our capital campaign to build a permanent HHW collection facility for our area, contact us at [email protected].

09/21/2026

Thank you to worker-owned cooperative New Prairie Construction for its pledged contribution to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility Capital Campaign.

Your commitment to sustainability in your business and your giving is building a safe, clean future for Champaign County.

Did you know that together, households in Champaign and adjacent counties generate about 1,000 tons of household hazardous waste every year?

Too often, this waste is dumped in sewers, down drains, and on the ground where it can contaminate our groundwater, lakes, streams, and the Mahomet Aquifer, our primary source of drinking water. That’s why CCES is raising funds to build a Household Hazardous Waste collection facility in Urbana.

For a list of household hazardous waste materials, click here: https://www.ccenvstew.org/household-hazardous-waste/

You can help build a safe, clean future for generations to come. To learn more and donate, visit ccenvstew.org/hhw-capitalcampaign/