Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.17
Liaison Jeane Pope
Submission Date March 4, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

DePauw University
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 5.00 Anthony Baratta
Assistant Director for Sustainability
Academic Affairs
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Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
80 Tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
0 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
100.53 Tons

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
81.90 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
0 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
100.53 Tons

List the start and end dates of the waste reduction performance year:
July 1-June 30

On-campus residents, 2005:
2,351

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
637

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
216

On-campus residents, performance year:
2,304

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
743

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
139

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with waste reduction performance year):
July 1-June 30

Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to waste-reduction goals, such as zero waste:
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A brief description of the plan of action to achieve waste reduction goals:

We are actively promoting recycling efforts on campus and were pleased to receive a grant from Alcoa to purchase new recycling bins, which we have been using at athletic events.


The website URL where information about the institution’s waste reduction initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

We were able to create a trend line using 4 years worth of data to create an estimate for recycling. We are proud that our recycling numbers include light ballasts, batteries, plastics, glass, paper, shredded paper, and a few other miscellaneous items. We did not have enough data to create a trend line for "weight of materials disposed as garbage," and so we used the performance year number. We found the performance year number by working with our university's trash company, as noted in another category.


We were able to create a trend line using 4 years worth of data to create an estimate for recycling. We are proud that our recycling numbers include light ballasts, batteries, plastics, glass, paper, shredded paper, and a few other miscellaneous items. We did not have enough data to create a trend line for "weight of materials disposed as garbage," and so we used the performance year number. We found the performance year number by working with our university's trash company, as noted in another category.

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