| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.07 |
| Liaison | Jessica Krejcik |
| Submission Date | Oct. 11, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Concordia University
ER-2: Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
5.00 / 5.00 |
Faisal
Shennib Environmental Coordinator Facilities Management |
Does the institution hold a campaign that meets the criteria for this credit?:
The name of the campaign(s):
A brief description of the campaign(s):
The mission of the Zero Waste Campus campaign is to completely eliminate landfill contribution from Concordia and other Montreal universities. The campaign aims to eliminate waste through systems change and by encouraging individuals to practice the 4 R's: Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle in regards to waste in that specific hierarchy.
To date, the campaign has focused on the following contributors to on-campus waste: coffee cups, organic waste, bottled water, non-recyclable packaging
Going forward, the campaign would like to tackle other waste types such as furniture, and electronic waste.
Current activities include:
• Waste audits
• Education about the lifecycle of one-time-use products
• Communication with local and national café chains about changing their approach to waste.
• Zero Waste Pledge
• Petitioning companies to change their non-recyclable packaging, which includes showcasing best practices in packaging and encouraging the use of bulk distribution.
• Petitioning the recycling industry and government to adopt more sophisticated recycling practices (plastic number 6 is currently not recyclable in Quebec), and encouraging more collaboration with the packaging industry
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign(s):
Between the academic years of 2009-2010 and 2010-2011:
Coffee cups disposed of in the trash decreased from 3.9 million to 3.4 million.
Bottled water disposed (including trashed and recycled) decreased from 2.3 million to 1.6 million.
The website URL for the campaign:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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