| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 53.05 |
| Liaison | April Thompson |
| Submission Date | Sept. 22, 2023 |
Creighton University
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.75 / 8.00 |
April
Thompson Project and Reporting Coordinator Office of Sustainability |
Figures needed to determine total waste generated (and diverted):
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Materials recycled | 164.90 Tons | 382.50 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 | 684 Tons | 1,088 Tons |
| Total waste generated | 848.90 Tons | 1,470.50 Tons |
A brief description of the residual conversion facility:
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
| Start Date | End Date | |
| Performance Period | July 1, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
| Baseline Period | July 1, 2009 | June 30, 2010 |
A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:
2009-2010 was the first year that Creighton has a completed Greenhouse Gas Inventory; these calculations were a part of that inventory.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Number of students resident on-site | 2,250 | 2,616 |
| Number of employees resident on-site | 15 | 14 |
| Number of other individuals resident on-site | 11 | 0 |
| Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 8,732 | 9,671 |
| Full-time equivalent of employees | 2,033 | 2,746 |
| Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 2,096 | 405.74 |
| Weighted campus users | 7,079 | 9,665.95 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.12 Tons | 0.15 Tons |
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator by recycling, composting, donating or re-selling, performance year:
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
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 | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| Pallets | Yes |
| Tires | No |
| Other (please specify below) | Yes |
A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
Electronics and rechargeable batteries are collected and recycled.
Materials intended for disposal but subsequently recovered and reused on campus, performance year:
Does the institution use single stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Does the institution use dual stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Does the institution use multi-stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Average contamination rate for the institution’s recycling program:
A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
Facilities employee checks recycling totes, if contaminates are visuable contents of the tote will be disposed of in a landfill dumpster.
A brief description of the institution's waste-related behavior change initiatives:
Creighton implemented composting in the main dining room.
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
Creighton University gives preference to environmentally friendly products, where quality, function and cost are equal or superior. Products and packaging materials will contain a prescribed minimum post-consumer recycled content and will be minimized and/or substituted with more environmentally appropriate alternatives whenever possible. All products will be chosen based on efficient use of energy, natural resources, and potential for safe, hazardous disposal. Potential supplier’s own sustainable policies and practices are a serious criteria used for awarding of the University’s business.
A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
Our furniture buyer routinely repurposes furniture and actively works to have furniture re-used across campus, unfortunately the amount of furniture donate was not tracked.
A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:
Double-sided and black and white printing are the default across campus. Color printing costs $0.19/page while black and white is less than a penny per page. Students are allocated a fixed amount of printing and are charged per page after that.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
Double-sided and black-and-white printing is the default setting across campus. Canon used pricing to also deter colored and wasteful printing.
Student rates
$0.25/color (single-sided)
$0.08/bw (single-sided)
$0.22.5/color (double-sided
$0.07.5/bw (double-sided)
Faculty rates
$0.40/color
$0.04/bw
Print Center rates
$0.20/color
$0.02/bw
A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
Creighton continues to collect donated items during move-in and move-out.
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
Creighton hosts a chapter of Campus Kitchens, in which students package leftover food and deliver it to local low-income housing.
Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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