| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.28 |
| Liaison | Nina Bisbee |
| Submission Date | Sept. 22, 2023 |
Bryn Mawr College
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.74 / 8.00 |
Deb
Grant Assistant Director for Facilities Services Business Operations Facilities Services |
Figures needed to determine total waste generated (and diverted):
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Materials recycled | 307.50 Tons | 562.75 Tons |
| Materials composted | 48.47 Tons | 0 Tons |
| Materials donated or re-sold | 0 Tons | 0 Tons |
| Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion | 0 Tons | 0 Tons |
| Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator | 1,078 Tons | 597.06 Tons |
| Total waste generated | 1,433.97 Tons | 1,159.81 Tons |
A brief description of the residual conversion facility:
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
| Start Date | End Date | |
| Performance Period | June 1, 2021 | May 31, 2022 |
| Baseline Period | June 1, 2007 | May 31, 2008 |
A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Number of students resident on-site | 1,248 | 1,158 |
| Number of employees resident on-site | 2 | 25 |
| Number of other individuals resident on-site | 1 | 26 |
| Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 1,744.30 | 1,595 |
| Full-time equivalent of employees | 632 | 645 |
| Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 0 | 0 |
| Weighted campus users | 2,095.73 | 2,001.75 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.68 Tons | 0.58 Tons |
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator by recycling, composting, donating or re-selling, performance year:
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
In the waste figures reported above, has the institution recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold the following materials?:
| Yes or No | |
| Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers | Yes |
| Food | Yes |
| Cooking oil | No |
| Plant materials | No |
| Animal bedding | No |
| White goods (i.e. appliances) | No |
| Electronics | No |
| Laboratory equipment | No |
| Furniture | No |
| Residence hall move-in/move-out waste | No |
| Scrap metal | Yes |
| Pallets | No |
| Tires | No |
| Other (please specify below) | No |
A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
Items that remain after dorm move-out are collected and sold or donated (the volume cannot be quantified) We disposed of 60.5 tons of Construction and demolitions debris that was recycled at a rate of 60.5%. in addition we recycle waste metal. Electronics are disposed of separately through our hazardous waste program.
Materials intended for disposal but subsequently recovered and reused on campus, performance year:
Does the institution use single stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Does the institution use dual stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Does the institution use multi-stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Average contamination rate for the institution’s recycling program:
A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
A brief description of the institution's waste-related behavior change initiatives:
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
Any non-trash unwanted item (books, clothing, furniture, magazines, soaps, nonperishable foods) can be placed in the free box, located on every floor of every dorm.
A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:
All networked printers are set with double-sided printing as the default.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
Beginning in the academic year 2012-2013, Bryn Mawr College fully adopted an electronic tuition billing and payment system, completely eliminating paper bills. In addition, a document management system was implemented in the Admissions Office in the fall of 2014. Currently, there is a one-stop web page that allows students to link to course catalogs; and on-line registration, on-line billing and payment as well as other on-line services from a central location.
A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
The College Staff Association collects items left in the dorm rooms at the end of each year and organizes a sale of these items. More than 4,000 items are sold each year. Most items that are not sold are returned to the campus for use or donated to local animal shelters (bedding), the Salvation Army (clothes and brick-a-brac), or Sight.org (glasses). We have not tracked the volume of material diverted through this program. All remaining items are recycled and is included in the recycling numbers above.
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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