| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.47 |
| Liaison | Briar Schoon |
| Submission Date | Sept. 23, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Portland Community College
OP-17: Waste Reduction
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.19 / 5.00 |
Stephania
Fregosi Sustainability Analyst Facilities Management Services |
Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
Weight of materials composted, performance year :
Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
List the start and end dates of the waste reduction performance year:
On-campus residents, 2005:
Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
On-campus residents, performance year:
Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with waste reduction performance year):
Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to waste-reduction goals, such as zero waste:
A brief description of the plan of action to achieve waste reduction goals:
The 2013 Portland Community College Climate Action Plan serves as the main guiding document for achieving our waste reduction, recycling and composting goals. Below is directly from the Scope IIIb PSC Sub-Committee section :
2030 Objective: Reduce solid waste generated by 50 % by improving recycling, reusing & composting.
2016 Action Items:
-Continue pre-consumer composting at all campuses and expand post-consumer composting at all campuses; Increase the recycling and composting awareness campaign and outreach efforts at all campuses in coordination with ASPCC; Develop and implement a campaign to reduce demand for paper consumption; Develop methods to track and reduce the amount of waste produced in Dining Services; back of house and its current landfill-bound waste that is transported to landfill; Increase recovery rate of waste materials by a minimum of 50% from the baseline year (2006) of 7.45%. By 2030, the Scope IIIb sub-committee is charged with accomplishing a minimum district diversion rate of 75%; and Reduce demand and need for waste disposal by decreasing per capita (FTE) waste generation from the baseline year by 25%.
Additionally, the Bond program is devoted to diverting construction waste from the landfill at a rate upwards of 80%.
KPI 1: PCC District Diversion Rate: total weight of material collected and serviced by our commercial haulers and service contractors (collected monthly and reported by the Sustainability Analyst)
KPI 2: PCC District Material Generation: total material collected and serviced by haulers and service contractors (data collected monthly)
KPI 3: Materials recycled and/or repurposed and total materials sent to landfill during Bond construction.
Additionally, high speed hand dryers were installed District-wide to reduce the amount of paper waste generated by the use of paper towels used for hand drying.
We have not engaged the heat element in the units to avoid Green House Gas (GHG) emissions across the District by approximately 0.026 tons of CO2E per day or 6.98 tons of CO2E per year (based on a 265 day year). Approximately $1,856 in savings is realized from electricity avoidance (with the heat element off) along with battery avoidance (power supply for paper towel dispensers)
Other benefits include: avoiding costs of $312 per day district-wide in supplying paper hand towels (not including labor) or $82,774 per year, based on 265 working days a year; approximately 50 tons of paper towels being diverted from landfills at an average savings of $97 per ton or $4,850 per year based on paper towels being dry or $9,700 per year based on paper towels being wet and weighing approximately twice as much; cleaner restrooms; fewer plastic garbage bag liners being used; and allowing Facilities Management Services custodians to focus on higher priority service needs of the college.
The website URL where information about the institution’s waste reduction 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.