| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.81 |
| Liaison | Stephanie Del Rosario |
| Submission Date | Sept. 11, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
California State University, Fullerton
OP-23: Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.54 / 3.00 |
Kevin
Mattson Sustainable Waste Management Specialist Facilities Operations |
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:
What follows is a description of programs in place between 2010-2013. WARE Disposal was the campus' waste vendor. Collection points on campus were single-stream. 5,751.91 tons were recovered and diverted at an offsite facility from the 11,488.61 tons collected from WARE in 2013. All confidential shredding is shredded and recycled with Recall - 117.45 tons. Scrap metal is collected and recycled through SA Metals - 44.75 tons. Ewaste on campus is disposed of properly and sent to an ecycling facility - 17.77 tons. Cooking grease from campus food vendors is diverted to One More Time, Inc - 1.77 tons.
A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:
Dining Managers actively plan and prepare to avoid a daily surplus of food. However, if an excess occurs, they donate supplies to a local shelter, the Fullerton Woman’s Transitional Living Center. The food donations primarily come from the TSU food court, OC choice catering, and Starbucks. The program has been active for over 4 years.
A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
The Housing Dining, the Gastronome, uses a garbage disposal to pulp all pre-consumer food waste. The Arboretum picks up the Gastronome's food waste about 3 times a week - the equivalent of 180 gallons of kitchen scraps. The Arboretum employs windrow composting to divert approximately 1,443 pounds of food waste per month - 9.24 tons annually. This diversion program is not consistently in effect.
A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
No post-consumer food waste programs exist. Due to employing windrow composting on campus at the Arboretum, we are restricted to food waste composting only. Expanding to post-consumer food waste would include napkins, paper, and compostable cutlery. The Arboretum does not have the infrastructure to properly compost this material.
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 | --- |
| Food composting | Yes |
| Cooking oil | Yes |
| Plant materials composting | Yes |
| Animal bedding composting | --- |
| Batteries | Yes |
| Light bulbs | Yes |
| Toner/ink-jet cartridges | Yes |
| White goods (i.e. appliances) | --- |
| Laboratory equipment | --- |
| 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:
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.