Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.18
Liaison Weston Dripps
Submission Date Aug. 19, 2024

STARS v3.0

Amherst College
IL-44: Zero Waste Certification

Status Score Responsible Party
n/a 0.00 /

Criteria

An institution earns 1 bonus point when it is at least Bronze-Level Zero Waste Certified by the Post-Landfill Action Network’s Atlas Zero Waste Assessment (Atlas) or – in countries where Atlas is not available – an approved national affiliate of the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA). Partial points are available. An institution that is not Bronze-Level Zero Waste Certified by Atlas, but has achieved Bronze-Level badges or better in five or more areas of their Atlas Scorecard earns 0.5 bonus points. 

Measurement

Report on current certification status and recognition received during the previous three years.


Applicability

This credit is optional.


Scoring


Measurement

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.