| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 51.69 |
| Liaison | Kelsey Beal |
| Submission Date | Jan. 5, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Indiana University Bloomington
IN-2: Innovation 2
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Bill
Brown Director of Sustainability Office of sustainability |
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
E-Waste Days
Sustainability Interns Kristin Hanks and Laura Knudsen wanted to create an electronic waste recycling program in a manner that would allow certification that the waste did not get shipped overseas to sweat shops or wind up in landfills. Another Sustainability Intern, Susan Coleman Morse, worked with various campus departments to strengthen campus e-waste recycling efforts.
In collaboration with various IU departments, campuses and communities, Apple Inc and Sims Recycling, these dedicated students organized an effort that in two years has diverted more than a million pounds of electronic waste from the landfill at locations on this campus and other IU regional campuses. E-Waste Days were three-day events that invited corporations, institutions and the general public to participate. Apple Inc officials called this one of the best organized e-waste recycling efforts in the United States.
A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
The website URL where information about the innovation is available:
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