Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.11
Liaison David Husemoller
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

College of Lake County
ER-2: Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.00 / 5.00 Dara Reiff
Sustainability Coordinator
Educational Affairs
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Does the institution hold a campaign that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

The name of the campaign(s):
Recycle-Mania

A brief description of the campaign(s):

The college competes in the national Recycle-Mania competition in the Waste Minimization division. The Facilities Department weighs our waste output weekly for eight weeks each Spring. The campaign consists of a variety of competition-related outreach events for students on waste reduction. Campaign activities focus on comparing our waste weights against ourselves the week and year prior.


A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign(s):

Weekly waste output is weighed to measure an increase in recycling and waste-diversion strategies across the college


The website URL for the campaign:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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