Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.28
Liaison Stephen Ellis
Submission Date Nov. 25, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Boston University
OP-25: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Dennis Carlberg
Associate Vice President for Sustainability
BU Sustainability

Criteria

Part 1 

Institution has strategies in place to safely dispose of all hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste and seeks to minimize the presence of these materials on campus. 

Part 2 

Institution has a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by the institution and/or its students. Institution takes measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly, for example by using a recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or R2 standards. 


Applicability

This credit applies to all institutions. 


Scoring

Each part of the credit is scored separately. 

Part 1 

Institutions earn 0.5 points for meeting the criteria outlined above. Partial points are not available for Part 1. 

Part 2 

Institutions earn the maximum of 0.5 points available for Part 2 for having or participating in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by both the institution and its students. Partial points are available. For example, an institution whose program includes recycling, reusing, and/or refurbishing electronic waste generated by the institution or its students, but not by both, would earn 0.25 points (half of the points available for Part 2). 


Measurement

Timeframe

Report on current programs. 

Sampling and Data Standards

Not applicable

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.