Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 32.36
Liaison Gary Cocke
Submission Date Oct. 11, 2012
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STARS v1.2

Baylor University
OP-20: Electronic Waste Recycling Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Smith Getterman
Assistant Director of Sustainability and Special Projects
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish all electronic waste generated by the institution and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Yes

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Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Yes

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A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:
The Hardware Installations and Repair Shop work side-by-side to separate, sort, and recycle all electronic equipment. Packaging materials are disposed of in the following manner: Unused Packaged CDs are sent to Goodwill Computer Works VGA/DVI cables are sent to M. Lipsitz & Co., Ltd. Cardboard Boxes are reused for shipping Various Cardboard Materials are placed in campus recycling containers Plastic Bags & Paper are placed in campus recycling containers Composite Plastic Packaging & Styrofoam are reused as packing material The equipment returned by the Client Services Installations group is sorted according to age and working condition. If the systems are in good shape and in working condition, they go through a bidding process and are sold to local and national vendors. These proceeds go back into Baylor's general revenue fund. Equipment that is not in working condition or has not been used for spare parts is recycled as follows: Goodwill Computer Works M. Lipsitz & Co., Ltd. Monitors (LCD, CRT) Computers (Desktop, Laptops) Printers (Laser, Inkjet) Scanners Keyboards Mice Speakers Ink & Toner Cartridges Telephones Printer parts (drums, rollers, trays, duplexers) Mother boards Televisions VCR and projectors Server boxes and racks Hard Drives (degaussed and crushed) Power cables and wires Power supplies DVI/VGA cables DVI/VGA splitters Power adapters Aluminum frames and cans ITS is currently recycling all printers through the HP Trade-In Program. During the packing procedure, the installations department reuses the same boxes and packing material (Styrofoam) in which the new printer is shipped.

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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for institution-generated materials:
The equipment returned by the Client Services Installations group is sorted according to age and working condition. If the systems are in good shape and in working condition, they go through a bidding process and are sold to local and national vendors. These proceeds go back into Baylor's general revenue fund. Equipment that is not in working condition or has not been used for spare parts is recycled.

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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for student-generated materials :
We recycle nearly all types of batteries and have recycling locations for them all over campus. Our end of year move out program, Take It or Leave It, captures electronic devices discarded by students including printers, computers, televisions, stereos, gaming systems, etc.

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The website URL where information about the e-waste recycling program is available:
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