Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.90
Liaison Megan Butler
Submission Date July 19, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

Macalester College
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 5.00 Austin Werth
Custodial Shift Supervisor
Facilities Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
79.20 Tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
0 Tons

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

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
99.90 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
154.70 Tons

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

On-campus residents, 2005:
1,260

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
1,046

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
157

On-campus residents, performance year:
1,325

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
1,117

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
160

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

Macalester Facilities Services switched waste contractors in 2006 and does not have any data for the 2005 baseline year. We assume that the 2005 data is the same as FY 2006-2007 data.


Macalester Facilities Services switched waste contractors in 2006 and does not have any data for the 2005 baseline year. We assume that the 2005 data is the same as FY 2006-2007 data.

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