| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.71 |
| Liaison | Alex Davis |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Arizona State University
OP-23: Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.68 / 3.00 |
Betty
Lombardo Manager University Sustainability Practices |
Materials diverted from the solid waste landfill or incinerator:
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate, including efforts made during the previous three years:
Arizona State University's stated goal for zero solid waste is 2015. To reach this goal the University has developed the following diversion programs:
• Traditional consumer recycling programs diverting all grades of plastics, paper, glass, aseptic containers, and metal.
• Special Recycling programs for electronics, batteries, CD's, sneakers, cell phones, toner cartridges.
• Paying Arizona Correctional Industries $5 per mattress to recycle old residence hall mattresses.
• Paint reclamation and diversion.
• Campus Harvest - Harvesting food grown on the Polytechnic and Tempe Campuses for use in the dining facilities and the surrounding community.
• SunSET - http://www.asu.edu/sunset to promote material and supply sharing between departments.
• Composting landscaping waste at a local farm.
A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:
Since 2011, Arizona State University’s primary food service provider, ARAMARK, has a food donation program set up with WasteNot locally through the national Food Donation Connection network. While there is little surplus food in their operations due to production planning and a Food Waste Fundamentals program, what might exist is picked up from the Memorial Union by WasteNot and distributed to local shelters and institutions where needed. Their current Food Donation partnership with Food Donation Connection and Waste Not follows their corporate best practices regarding the handling of surplus food.
A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Arizona State University’s primary food services provider, ARAMARK, started the Green Bin program through its Sun Devil Dining service during spring semester 2013 to collect pre-consumer food waste composting at nine food service locations on the ASU Tempe campus: Barrett Residential Restaurant, Hassayampa Residential Restaurant and Palo Verde (Devil’s Greens & Devil’s Diner) and five specialty coffee locations.
The pre-consumer food waste composting program focuses on the collection of all organic waste generated from meal preparation including fruit and vegetable peels, egg shells, bones and meat ends, and compostable paper products. Sun Devil Dining has also partnered with ASU Grounds/Arboretum on the Grounds to Grounds program to compost coffee grounds on campus.
A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
In collaboration with US EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge, collection and pickup of compostable food items began on November 15, 2012 at dining halls in Barrett (The Honors College) and Hassayampa Academic Village on the Tempe campus. During Spring 2013, the program phased in Palo Verde (also on the Tempe campus) and athletic events in Wells Fargo Arena. By 2015, the collection and pickup of compostable food items will occur in all food service areas, including dining halls, food courts, athletics venues, outdoor patios near food service, at strategic locations for special events, and in kitchenettes.
Does the institution include the following materials in its waste diversion efforts?:
| Yes or No | |
| Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers | Yes |
| Food donations | Yes |
| Food for animals | No |
| Food composting | Yes |
| Cooking oil | Yes |
| Plant materials composting | Yes |
| Animal bedding composting | No |
| Batteries | Yes |
| Light bulbs | Yes |
| Toner/ink-jet cartridges | Yes |
| White goods (i.e. appliances) | Yes |
| Laboratory equipment | Yes |
| Furniture | Yes |
| Residence hall move-in/move-out waste | Yes |
| Scrap metal | Yes |
| Pallets | Yes |
| Motor oil | Yes |
| Tires | Yes |
Other materials that the institution includes in its waste diversion efforts:
Lab glass, sports equipment, Styrofoam, polystyrene, books, wood, and construction and demolition debris.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.