Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.13
Liaison Jay Price
Submission Date Oct. 12, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 5.00 Preston Jacobsen
Sustainability Manager
Facilities Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
573.11 Tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
65 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
8,423 Tons

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
1,134.37 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
90.31 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
8,505.48 Tons

On-campus residents, 2005:
6,574

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
23,389

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
4,032

On-campus residents, performance year:
7,171

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
24,899

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
3,912

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

"2005" was interpreted as fiscal year 2005 (for UT Knoxville, 7/1/04-6/30/05)

"Performance year" was interpreted as fiscal year 2010.

Population faculty/staff totals include regular UTK and UTIA employees. Employees classified as "University Support" are included in fall 2004 faculty/staff total but not that of fall 2009. The university dropped this classification after 2004.

"Garbage" totals exclude C&D waste.

Composting totals include leaves, yard waste, wood pallets and food waste that was composted on campus or at a regional composting facility.


"2005" was interpreted as fiscal year 2005 (for UT Knoxville, 7/1/04-6/30/05)

"Performance year" was interpreted as fiscal year 2010.

Population faculty/staff totals include regular UTK and UTIA employees. Employees classified as "University Support" are included in fall 2004 faculty/staff total but not that of fall 2009. The university dropped this classification after 2004.

"Garbage" totals exclude C&D waste.

Composting totals include leaves, yard waste, wood pallets and food waste that was composted on campus or at a regional composting facility.

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