Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.45
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date Jan. 27, 2012
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STARS v1.0

Cornell University
Tier2-5: Move-In Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Spring Buck
R5 Manager
Facilities Operations
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Does the institution have a program to reduce residence hall move-in waste?:
Yes

A brief description of the program:

This August, waste on Move-In Day was reduced by ensuring proper sorting of recyclables, compost and landfill and by eliminating the need to supply volunteers with bottled water. Members of a student group, the Cornell Organization for Resource Efficiency (CORE), monitored dumpsters around buildings and compost bags in the area's only A La Carte dining location, Bear Necessities. This location does not have a compost station available, so the building's staff provided bags next to current waste stations and CORE volunteers monitored these bags and educated new students.

Additionally, all Orientation volunteers and new students, approximately 5000 students, received metal reusable water bottles. Orientation volunteers work hard to help move belongings into buildings and this gift eliminated the need to provide bottled water, therefore greatly reducing waste created.


The website URL where information about the program is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Significant efforts are in place each year to reduce move-in waste, however these efforts to not at this time qualify as a program.

Additional collection containers for cardboard are placed at each residence hall, custodial staff work additional hours to assist with material collection and direction of students and families in proper recycling of materials, and recycling information is provided during orientation and with tabling on move-in day.

Student driven efforts are currently in planning stages for 2011 move-in waste reduction and we anticipate a program will be piloted in 2011, and will be an official recurring program in 2012.


Significant efforts are in place each year to reduce move-in waste, however these efforts to not at this time qualify as a program.

Additional collection containers for cardboard are placed at each residence hall, custodial staff work additional hours to assist with material collection and direction of students and families in proper recycling of materials, and recycling information is provided during orientation and with tabling on move-in day.

Student driven efforts are currently in planning stages for 2011 move-in waste reduction and we anticipate a program will be piloted in 2011, and will be an official recurring program in 2012.

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