Vince Budak is participating in the Campus Ecochallenge!

Vince's points

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
95 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

3.7

pounds of paper

have been saved

Vince's actions

Waste

Choose Two-Sided Printing

I will save up to 0.21 lbs (0.09 kg) of paper per day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided when I have to print documents.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Go Paperless and Opt Out of Junk Mail

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 3.4lbs (1.5kg) a month or 41lbs (18.6kg) a year by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Visit a Local Recycling Center, Landfill, or Transfer Station

Seeing where waste goes can change how we think about what we throw away. I will visit a local facility to learn more about the waste stream in my community and share what I learn with others and in the feed.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Vince Budak 4/07/2026 3:14 PM

I have some old but still functioning electronics that I would like to donate. A tech recycling staple that some Portlanders might be familiar with: Freegeek takes donations of up to 20 items at their SE location (1731 SE 10th Ave) Wed - Sat 11 am - 4 pm. I will be donating a few things either tomorrow or Thursday.

Info if interested: https://www.freegeek.org/donatetech

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- Jake Hansen 4/12/2026 11:07 PM
  
  This is super cool, I've always wondered what options there are to dispose of/recycle old phones and other devices. The amount of resources that go into creating electronics just for them to be thrown out after a couple years is kind of crazy.
  
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- Edgar Padilla Fierros 4/08/2026 1:03 PM
  
  This is super cool, I have old tech that could use minor upgrades and some that I no longer had use for. Thank you. This is about to become my most visited site/location in Portland
  
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Vince Budak 4/06/2026 8:42 AM

I realized I was accidentally on the Winter 2026 Team page for the past few days - oops! Now we're in the right spot.

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- Amy Minato 4/07/2026 8:08 AM
  
  easy to do..glad you were able to switch
  
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Vince Budak 4/06/2026 8:38 AM

For this week I'm focusing on paper waste. I like to have physical copies of school work on occasion and double-side printing is something I often forget. I printed articles for two of my other classes yesterday double-sided to save on paper. I also went through my email inbox for any paper subscriptions and switched them to digital. I have been investigating the USPS' method for opting out of mailing lists - specifically paper junk mail like credit card offers and whatnot. I am looking into registering on dmachoice.org which allows one to reduce promotional mail offers from companies and businesses not already affiliated with.

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