| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Patrick McKee |
| Submission Date | April 15, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Connecticut
OP-20: Electronic Waste Recycling Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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Reporter |
Jennifer
Clinton Sustainability Coordinator Office of Environmental Policy |
Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish all electronic waste generated by the institution and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:
Our Central Stores program refurbishes all institution owned items for reuse/ resale when possible to do so, and collects the rest for recycling.
EH&S handles pickups for hazardous items, such as lithium batteries, and has a comprehensive chemical hygiene plan.
The campus motor pool collects car batteries for reuse, refurbishing, and recycling.
Comprehensive waste instructions are supplied here:
http://www.ecohusky.uconn.edu/documents/CampusWasteStreams.pdf
A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for institution-generated materials:
Our Central Stores program refurbishes all institution owned items for reuse/ resale when possible to do so, and collects the rest for recycling.
A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for student-generated materials :
Our e-waste program run through the Office of Environmental Policy collects ink cartridges, cell phones, laptops, ipods, and other handheld devices.
EH&S pickup is scheduled for batteries submitted via the e-waste program.
Central Stores accepts other used electronics and recycles all of it.
The website URL where information about the e-waste recycling program is available:
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