Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.75
Liaison Jennifer Daniels
Submission Date May 28, 2020

STARS v2.2

California State University, Stanislaus
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.83 / 8.00 Hugo Hernandez
Director of Landscape, Custodial, & Events
Facilities
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Figures needed to determine total waste generated (and diverted):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Materials recycled 449.17 Tons 466.45 Tons
Materials composted 1,207.67 Tons 985.40 Tons
Materials donated or re-sold 0 Tons 0 Tons
Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion 0 Tons 0 Tons
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator 356.63 Tons 375.45 Tons
Total waste generated 2,013.47 Tons 1,827.30 Tons

A brief description of the residual conversion facility:
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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Period Jan. 1, 2018 Dec. 31, 2018
Baseline Period Jan. 1, 2016 Dec. 31, 2016

A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:
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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site 680 700
Number of employees resident on-site 3 2
Number of other individuals resident on-site 1 1
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 9,462.60 8,677.50
Full-time equivalent of employees 994 909
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 163.20 79.40
Weighted campus users 7,891.80 7,306.83

Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total waste generated per weighted campus user 0.26 Tons 0.25 Tons

Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
0

Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator by recycling, composting, donating or re-selling, performance year:
82.29

Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
82.29

In the waste figures reported above, has the institution recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold the following materials?:
Yes or No
Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers Yes
Food No
Cooking oil Yes
Plant materials Yes
Animal bedding No
White goods (i.e. appliances) Yes
Electronics Yes
Laboratory equipment Yes
Furniture Yes
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste Yes
Scrap metal No
Pallets Yes
Tires No
Other (please specify below) No

A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:

Waste diverted from the landfill is picked up by the contractor and transported to their facility where it is weighed and sorted. Asphalt and concrete is ground up and used for road base (for sale) and doors and windows are resold. The wood trellis from the student center building, demolished in 2019, was saved and reused to create the bar and benches in Warrior Grill in the new Student Center. All trees removed on campus are chipped and the bark is used in planter beds.


Materials intended for disposal but subsequently recovered and reused on campus, performance year:
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Does the institution use single stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Yes

Does the institution use dual stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Yes

Does the institution use multi-stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Yes

Average contamination rate for the institution’s recycling program:
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A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
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A brief description of the institution's waste-related behavior change initiatives:
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A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
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A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
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A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:

Support Services provides a Virtual Exchange Reuse Center to collect, transfer, and redistribute materials and equipment from one campus department to another: https://apps.csustan.edu/Surplus/Account/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fSurplus


A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:

Support Services provides a Virtual Exchange Reuse Center to collect, transfer, and redistribute materials and equipment from one campus department to another: https://apps.csustan.edu/Surplus/Account/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fSurplus.

When Property Management conducts inventory audits, they encourage all departments to identify exchange all equipment and supplies that they no longer need. Departments are directed to the Public Surplus website to list and buy items: https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/login/login?dst=%2Fauction%2Fbids%3Fauc%3D2323773


A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:

Students, staff, and faculty are charged 10 cents per page for printing in computer labs.


A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
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A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
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A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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