Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.60
Liaison Caitlin McLennan
Submission Date Oct. 22, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Utah State University
OP-18: Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.75 / 3.00 Nate Schwartz
Recycling Coordinator
Facilities
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Materials recycled, composted, reused, donated, re-sold, or otherwise diverted :
625.20 Tons

Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
1,876 Tons

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

The university has a surplus store and recycling program. Landscape crews informally compost landscape waste. Romney Stadium and the Spectrum began recycling in 2013.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The recycle weights for e-waste, oil, tires, fluorescent bulbs, and batteries, which neither the recycling center nor hazardous waste measure, were estimated to have remained the same since the baseline.


The recycle weights for e-waste, oil, tires, fluorescent bulbs, and batteries, which neither the recycling center nor hazardous waste measure, were estimated to have remained the same since the baseline.

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