Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.39
Liaison Laura Draucker
Submission Date March 1, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Amherst College
OP-20: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.85 / 1.00 Laura Draucker
Director of Sustainability
Office of Environmental Sustainability
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered during the most recent year for which data is available within the previous three years:
1,659.34 Metric tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated during the most recent year for which data is available within the previous three years:
294.36 Metric tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
84.93

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate for construction and demolition waste:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

This is data for the science center, a massive construction project that took place between 2016 and 2018. The data is for that complete period. Any other project on campus during that time contributed de minimus C&D materials.


This is data for the science center, a massive construction project that took place between 2016 and 2018. The data is for that complete period. Any other project on campus during that time contributed de minimus C&D materials.

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