| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 54.08 |
| Liaison | Jamey Pavey |
| Submission Date | Feb. 26, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Earlham College
OP-22: Waste Minimization
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.35 / 5.00 |
Lisa
Butch Assistant Director of Sustainability Center for Integrated Learning |
Waste generated::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Materials recycled | 116.55 Tons | 110.60 Tons |
| Materials composted | 2.50 Tons | 2 Tons |
| Materials reused, donated or re-sold | 0.50 Tons | 0.50 Tons |
| Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator | 221.40 Tons | 384.10 Tons |
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”::
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Number of residential students |
845
Date Revised: April 27, 2016
|
1,050 |
| Number of residential employees |
4
Date Revised: April 27, 2016
|
4
Date Revised: April 27, 2016
|
| Number of in-patient hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
| Full-time equivalent enrollment |
982
Date Revised: April 27, 2016
|
1,050 |
| Full-time equivalent of employees | 371 | 371 |
| Full-time equivalent of distance education students | 0 | 0 |
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
| Start Date | End Date | |
| Performance Year | Jan. 1, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015 |
| Baseline Year | Jan. 1, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2014 |
A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:
The baseline year was the previous year from the performance year.
A brief description of any (non-food) waste audits employed by the institution:
A brief description of any institutional procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
A brief description of any surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
Office supplies such as furniture are handled by Campus Services. Items that are still useful but no longer needed by a department are stored until they are requested by other departments. Each year campus holds a surplus sale that is open to the public to clear out items that have not been claimed by other departments. Also, computing services collects replaced computing equipment and will reuse systems in secondary locations as needed. Used equipment is kept on hand as spares in the event that systems in primary locations fail, as systems to be assigned to adjunct faculty, and for any other potential needs. once systems are no longer usable, they are recycled.
A brief description of the institution's efforts to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
Earlham provides a description of all of our courses offered online. We also provide our course schedules and directories. While Earlham does rely on its online curriculum guide as the official course catalog, the College still prints the curriculum guide biannually in vastly smaller quantities than in the past. The College does not print courses schedules or directories anymore. Those are also online.
A brief description of any limits on paper and ink consumption employed by the institution:
Each student receives $25.00 worth of free printing per semester. After this limit is reached, surplus printing is charged (per page) to their student account. Furthermore, the website through which students upload their printing projects keeps a record of each student's remaining monetary balance of free printing, their total number of pages printed, and the environmental impact of their printer usage: the number of trees used, amount of CO2 produced (in kg), and energy used (in kilowatts) as a result of their printing.
A brief description of any programs employed by the institution to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
Earlham has partnered with Goodwill to reduce move out and move in waste as well as waste during the year by collecting it all in Goodwill provided trucks. In return, Earlham receives gift certificates to Goodwill to give to students and community partners.
A brief description of any other (non-food) waste minimization strategies employed by the institution:
Earlham has partnered with Goodwill to reduce move out and move in waste as well as waste during the year by collecting it all in Goodwill provided trucks. In return, Earlham receives gift certificates to Goodwill to give to students and community partners.
A brief description of any food waste audits employed by the institution:
A brief description of any programs and/or practices to track and reduce pre-consumer food waste in the form of kitchen food waste, prep waste and spoilage:
Our dining services provider, Metz, aims to only purchase what needed. If they have extra they will not be able to use before it spoils it is given to the Food Recovery Network project.
A brief description of programs and/or practices to track and reduce post-consumer food waste:
Beginning in August 2010, Earlham College began a completely trayless dining program. There are no trays available in any of the Earlham College Dining venues.
A brief description of the institution's provision of reusable and/or third party certified compostable to-go containers for to-go food and beverage items (in conjunction with a composting program):
Earlham has had a reusable to-go container program in place since 1997 as the result of student’s goal to eliminate the use of Styrofoam on campus. A Student/faculty/staff member signs up for the program in the dining service office and are given a reusable container that they trade for a clean container each time they take a meal to-go.
A brief description of the institution's provision of reusable service ware for “dine in” meals and reusable and/or third party certified compostable service ware for to-go meals (in conjunction with a composting program):
All dine in meals use reusable service ware.
A brief description of any discounts offered to customers who use reusable containers (e.g. mugs) instead of disposable or compostable containers in to-go food service operations:
Reusable coffee mugs entitle the student to pay for a size smaller coffee than they purchase at the coffee shop. For example, if a students brings in a reusable mug that is the size of a medium cup they will pay for a small coffee.
A brief description of other dining services waste minimization programs and initiatives:
Dining services has begun (January 2013) a public campaign to encourage students to bring their own mugs instead of using the disposable paper to-go containers. The campaign consists of clear signage in the dining hall and a student worker partially dedicated to helping educate students. In the main dining hall paper cups are no longer provided.
The website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization initiatives is available:
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.