| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.23 |
| Liaison | Anne Duncan |
| Submission Date | March 5, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Wartburg College
OP-17: Waste Reduction
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.55 / 5.00 |
Anne
Duncan Environmental Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability |
Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
Weight of materials composted, performance year :
Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
List the start and end dates of the waste reduction performance year:
On-campus residents, 2005:
Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
On-campus residents, performance year:
Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with waste reduction performance year):
Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to waste-reduction goals, such as zero waste:
A brief description of the plan of action to achieve waste reduction goals:
The Sustainability Office, with the support of the Operations and Maintenance Department’s leadership and the endorsement of the Energy and Environmental Sustainability Initiative, asked the college administration to adopt and support the following waste reduction goals.
• 30% diversion by June 1, 2015
• 65% diversion by June 1, 2018
• 80% diversion by June 1, 2020
The goals were adopted in a cabinet meeting on December 16, 2013, and implementation has begun.
From the Waste Management Proposal of Nov. 2013
Recommendation #1 - Install comprehensive, campus-wide access to waste stations.
Currently, we have 40 waste stations across campus in public areas. For ease of access, it is our recommendation that a station be accessible with 100 feet of any workspace on campus. To accomplish this, we will need to add 26 stations. All these stations would include single-stream recycling.
Recommendation #2 – Remove waste containers from lecture classrooms.
Across campus we have 69 classrooms, each including a waste collection container. A majority of the time, classrooms are not sources of waste generation, the exception being laboratory spaces. With waste stations close to every space on campus, these will become unnecessary. Removing the bins will save money from the cost of liners. These containers will be reused to support recommendation #4.
Recommendation #3 – Implement a user-managed waste collection.
We will have a system that gives preference to waste diversion by installing a smaller waste receptacle, called a side-saddle, to the side of the existing office containers. Those containers will be relabeled to recycling. Management of these containers will be placed in the user’s hands, by asking all staff to take their waste, landfill and recycling, to the central waste stations. This will increase diversion.
Recommendation #4 – Adopt a campus-wide “twin the bin” program.
Across campus, adoption of a program which leaves no trash can standing alone will ensure users always have a better option. Trash cans standing alone have displayed a higher inclusion of recyclable material.
The website URL where information about the institution’s waste reduction initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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