Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.60
Liaison Elaine Durr
Submission Date Dec. 13, 2011
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STARS v1.1

Elon University
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.33 / 5.00 David Worden
Director
Environmental Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
112.76 Tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
90 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
1,074.47 Tons

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
150.75 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
162.32 Tons
+ Date Revised: April 17, 2013

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
872.84 Tons

On-campus residents, 2005:
2,514

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
2,837

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
391

On-campus residents, performance year:
2,898

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
3,592

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
527

The website URL where information about the institution’s waste reduction initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

For materials disposed as garbage, the University does not receive weight information for all of the containers located on campus. The weight for the containers not weighed was conservatively estimated based on the containers that are weighed. The weight of materials composted for 2005 represents yard waste composting. The weight of materials composted for the performance year (FY 2010-2011) includes food composting and yard waste composting.


For materials disposed as garbage, the University does not receive weight information for all of the containers located on campus. The weight for the containers not weighed was conservatively estimated based on the containers that are weighed. The weight of materials composted for 2005 represents yard waste composting. The weight of materials composted for the performance year (FY 2010-2011) includes food composting and yard waste composting.

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