| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 56.10 |
| Liaison | Steve Mital |
| Submission Date | Feb. 25, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Oregon
OP-18: Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.46 / 3.00 |
Karyn
Kaplan Environmental Resource and Recycling Manager Facilities Services |
Materials recycled, composted, reused, donated, re-sold, or otherwise diverted :
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate:
Our high waste diversion rate is a product of several programs and policies. Our campus recycling program provides collection services at over 1500 campus collection sites, while helping us meet University and state goals on waste management and sustainability. They also continually implement and improve waste reduction and recovery at all UO athletic events, catering, conference, educational training's, concerts and other non-routine campus events.
Furthermore, the UO's Comprehensive Environmental Policy supports the reuse of materials, the development of food-waste composting, and our comprehensive Campus Recycling Program. To make programs like this successful, or even possible, our Recycled Paper Policy sets minimum standards for the post-consumer content in paper purchased on campus, and requires chlorine-free milling processes for purchased paper.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
These totals do not include our OIMB property, as it does not track this information.
These totals do not include our OIMB property, as it does not track this information.
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