Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.49
Liaison Dedee DeLongpre Johnston
Submission Date May 9, 2012
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Wake Forest University
OP-T2-43: Move-Out Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Megan Anderson
Manager, Waste Reduction & Recycling
Facilities & Campus Services
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Does the institution have a program to reduce residence hall move-out waste?:
Yes

A brief description of the program:

University students diverted more than 8,680 pounds of waste from dumpsters and landfills during the Spring 2011 move out.

This program is called “Deacs Donate,” and facilitates the donation of clothing, small appliances, and household goods to the Salvation Army.

Various other waste diversion initiatives take place at the Deacs Donate stations, such as paper recycling, the collection of re-usable to-go containers for dining and personal recycling bins, which are cleaned and redistributed to students the following year at move in.


The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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