Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 35.74
Liaison Amy Brunvand
Submission Date Aug. 11, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

University of Utah
OP-18: Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.95 / 3.00 Myron Willson
Sustainability Director
Sustainability Office
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Materials recycled, composted, reused, donated, re-sold, or otherwise diverted :
665.10 Tons

Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
1,427.60 Tons

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate:

Chartwells dining measured the weight of materials they were sending to be composted in the campus gardens


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The figure for materials diverted is the sum of materials composted via chartwells and the weight of materials recycled, calculated from the 2010 data found in OP credit 17


The figure for materials diverted is the sum of materials composted via chartwells and the weight of materials recycled, calculated from the 2010 data found in OP credit 17

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