The E-Cycler Expansion Project seeks to improve recycling rates, reduce waste contamination and support the university’s waste reduction goals. It calls for the purchase of eight Max-R brand E-Cycler bins, in which students, faculty and staff can deposit universal waste items like batteries and electronic devices. Cal Poly Humboldt’s new Zero Waste Action Plan (ZWAP) identifies the need to expand consumer electronics recycling to meet the increasing amount of e-waste generated on campus by adding additional collection bins.

The Library of Things (LoTs) at Cal Poly Humboldt will provide students with access to tools, equipment, and everyday items that are often too expensive or impractical to own individually. By promoting shared use, reuse, and repair, LoTs reduce waste and support a more sustainable, circular economy. In order to figure out how to best implement this project, the SHIFT Committee has funded a student research position for AY 25-26 that will help figure out how best to navigate the logistical concerns that have and will rise with this project.  

OhSNAP!'s Pop-Up Thrift store takes items donated through donation dash and sells them to students for cheap prices. Funding for this project was used to support student wages and other program needs for the 2022-2023 2023 year.

The objective of this project was to update and organize the existing CCAT Reclamation Station, a place where students can get free resources (ike upcycled wood), to make it easily accessible, safe, and welcoming for student use. This project will create a space that will increase the availability of reclaimed building materials to the campus and Arcata community. Goals of this project are to increase the feasibility of using reclaimed materials, as well as to increase the ease of use for both donations and users.

This project proposed distributing Generation Conscious laundry detergent sheets to students across campus. The sheets were then purchased by SHIFT and provided to students for free—initially during Move-In at Orientation in August, and later through Oh SNAP! The selected detergent sheets are non-toxic, hypoallergenic, biodegradable, and significantly reduce plastic waste compared to conventional laundry products. They also produce fewer suds, conserving water and reducing wear on washing machines.

This project involves funding for a shredder, filament extruder, and 3D printer to be integrated to form a streamlined plastic recycling system. This system demonstrates the recovery and reuse of PETE (type #1 plastic) alongside other plastics.

This project proposal seeks to take a radical approach to landscaping by establishing guiding principles that challenge human-centric relationships with the “landscape”. The selected preliminary sites for this project were regions that have been proven difficult to maintain as lawns, making them ideal for this conversion. These areas are difficult to access with equipment, have smaller/more irregular shaped lawns, and where leisure would not be preferred (damp and shady).