Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.55
Liaison Cesar Nanni
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Universidad de Monterrey
OP-22: Waste Minimization

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.50 / 5.00 César Alfredo Nanni
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Center for Sustainability
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Waste generated::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Materials recycled 10.57 Metric tons 0.63 Metric tons
Materials composted 0 Metric tons 0 Metric tons
Materials reused, donated or re-sold 3.84 Metric tons 0 Metric tons
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator 190 Metric tons 190 Metric tons

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 842 842
Number of residential employees 20 19
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 8,205 7,750
Full-time equivalent of employees 1,354 1,262
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 0 0

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2016 Dec. 31, 2016
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2015 Dec. 1, 2015

A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:

The baseline was adopted based on the year more information was available. Before that year, there´s some gap in the info.


A brief description of any (non-food) waste audits employed by the institution:

To measure the sucess of the recycling initiatives, audits per year are perform. Audits area by planned by a staff member of the Sustainability Centre and volunteers.


A brief description of any institutional procurement policies designed to prevent waste:

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A brief description of any surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:

The Maintenance and Construction Department collects equipment and furniture from departments all around campus. Reusable equipment and furniture are stored and redistributed to other departments.


A brief description of the institution's efforts to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:

From the Sustainability Center we encourage faculty not to use paper and instead use online exams and all assigments on blackboard.


A brief description of any limits on paper and ink consumption employed by the institution:

Students have a certain amount of paper for printing per semester, when they finish them they have to pay.


A brief description of any programs employed by the institution to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:

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A brief description of any other (non-food) waste minimization strategies employed by the institution:

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A brief description of any food waste audits employed by the institution:

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A brief description of any programs and/or practices to track and reduce pre-consumer food waste in the form of kitchen food waste, prep waste and spoilage:

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A brief description of programs and/or practices to track and reduce post-consumer food waste:

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A brief description of the institution's provision of reusable and/or third party certified compostable to-go containers for to-go food and beverage items (in conjunction with a composting program):
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A brief description of the institution's provision of reusable service ware for “dine in” meals and reusable and/or third party certified compostable service ware for to-go meals (in conjunction with a composting program):
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A brief description of any discounts offered to customers who use reusable containers (e.g. mugs) instead of disposable or compostable containers in to-go food service operations:
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A brief description of other dining services waste minimization programs and initiatives:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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