Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.16
Liaison Lissette Hernandez
Submission Date Sept. 20, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Florida International University
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 5.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
720 Tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
0 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
3,792 Tons

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
1,964 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
1.86 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
7,145 Tons

List the start and end dates of the waste reduction performance year:
July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013

On-campus residents, 2005:
2,092

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
23,618

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
17,433

On-campus residents, performance year:
2,779

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
31,654

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
22,258

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with waste reduction performance year):
July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 (fall 2012 numbers)

Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to waste-reduction goals, such as zero waste:
No

A brief description of the plan of action to achieve waste reduction goals:
---

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

Fall 2005 numbers used for performance year
Student numbers: OPIR Common Data Set 2005-2006
(full time numbers - housing students = full time numbers used)
Housing numbers: Housing and Residential Life
Faculty numbers: OPIR Common Data Set 2005-2006
Staff numbers: estimation - OPIR could only provide numbers back to 2008 on staff size

Fall 2012 numbers used for performance year
Student numbers: OPIR Factbook 2012 - Enrollment
(full time numbers - housing students = full time numbers used)
Housing numbers: Housing and Residential Life
Staff & Faculty numbers: OPIR request


Fall 2005 numbers used for performance year
Student numbers: OPIR Common Data Set 2005-2006
(full time numbers - housing students = full time numbers used)
Housing numbers: Housing and Residential Life
Faculty numbers: OPIR Common Data Set 2005-2006
Staff numbers: estimation - OPIR could only provide numbers back to 2008 on staff size

Fall 2012 numbers used for performance year
Student numbers: OPIR Factbook 2012 - Enrollment
(full time numbers - housing students = full time numbers used)
Housing numbers: Housing and Residential Life
Staff & Faculty numbers: OPIR request

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