Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 51.07
Liaison Lindsey Kayman
Submission Date March 4, 2021

STARS v2.2

City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.84 / 8.00 Lindsey Kayman
Environmental Health and Safety Director
Public Safety and Risk Management
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Figures needed to determine total waste generated (and diverted):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Materials recycled 33.66 Tons 54.63 Tons
Materials composted 0 Tons 0 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 263.78 Tons 169.25 Tons
Total waste generated 297.44 Tons 223.88 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 April 1, 2018 March 30, 2019
Baseline Period April 1, 2014 March 30, 2015

A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:

Our New Building was fully up and running by in 2014. The baseline time period corresponds to the reporting period for the NY Executive Order 4 Sustainability report.


Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site 0 0
Number of employees resident on-site 0 0
Number of other individuals resident on-site 0 0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 12,824 11,923
Full-time equivalent of employees 1,604 1,486
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 1,063 1,254
Weighted campus users 10,023.75 9,116.25

Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total waste generated per weighted campus user 0.03 Tons 0.02 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:
11.32

Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
11.32

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 No
Animal bedding No
White goods (i.e. appliances) No
Electronics No
Laboratory equipment No
Furniture No
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste No
Scrap metal No
Pallets No
Tires No
Other (please specify below) No

A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
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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?:
No

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:
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A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
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A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:

Printing for personal use is not allowed. Many departments have instituted controls where personnel must login to print so that their use can be monitored. Many printers are set automatically for 2 sided printing.


A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:

Course catalogs, course schedules, and directories are all available online.


A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:

We don't have any residence halls.


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:

Recycling data for cans, bottles and plastic is not available and is not included in the above.


Recycling data for cans, bottles and plastic is not available and is not included in the above.

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