Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.92
Liaison Julien-Pierre Lacombe
Submission Date Nov. 14, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

École de Technologie Supérieure
OP-19: Waste Minimization and Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.58 / 8.00 Noé Peres
Mr
real estate asset management department
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Figures needed to determine total waste generated (and diverted):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Materials recycled 261.40 Tons 261.40 Tons
Materials composted 88.50 Tons 88.50 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 409.81 Tons 409.81 Tons
Total waste generated 759.71 Tons 759.71 Tons

A brief description of the residual conversion facility, including affirmation that materials are sorted prior to conversion to recover recyclables and compostable materials:
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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year May 1, 2016 April 30, 2017
Baseline Year May 1, 2016 April 30, 2017

A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted (e.g. in sustainability plans and policies or in the context of other reporting obligations):

The baseline year is the same year for all the credits. We selected the fiscal year for which there was the most data available and which was the most reliable.


Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site 1,100 1,100
Number of employees resident on-site 0 0
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds 0 0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 8,098 8,098
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) 1,233 1,233
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 0 0
Weighted campus users 7,273.25 7,273.25

Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total waste generated per weighted campus user 0.10 Tons 0.10 Tons

Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
0

Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator by recycling, composting, donating or re-selling, performance year:
46.06

Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
46.06

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
Laboratory equipment No
Furniture Yes
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste Yes
Scrap metal Yes
Pallets Yes
Tires Yes
Other (please specify below) No

A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
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Materials intended for disposal but subsequently recovered and reused on campus, performance year (e.g. materials that are actively diverted from the landfill or incinerator and refurbished/repurposed) :
1 Tons

Does the institution use single stream recycling (a single container for commingled recyclables) to collect standard recyclables (i.e. paper, plastic, glass, metals) in common areas?:
Yes

Does the institution use dual stream (two separate containers for recyclables, e.g. one for paper and another for plastic, glass, and metals) to collect standard recyclables (i.e. paper, plastic, glass, metals) in common areas?:
Yes

Does the institution use multi-stream recycling (multiple containers that further separate different types of materials) to collect standard recyclables (i.e. paper, plastic, glass, metals) in common areas?:
Yes

Average contamination rate for the institution’s recycling program (percentage, 0-100):
30

A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed, e.g. efforts to minimize contamination and/or monitor the discard rates of the materials recovery facilities and mills to which materials are diverted:

Following waste characterization of residual materials, it was noticed that the recycling materials recuperated were contaminated by residual liquids from the coffee cups. To solve the problem we added, on every sorting stations, a poster sign indicating to dispose coffee cups in the garbage bin. We then observed significant improvment in the contamination rate in the recycling bins.


A brief description of the institution's waste-related behavior change initiatives, e.g. initiatives to shift individual attitudes and practices such as signage and competitions:

There is detailed and easy to understand signage on every sorting stations.


A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
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A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste (e.g. by minimizing packaging and purchasing in bulk):
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A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:

The employee in charge of waste management manages an informal initiative aiming to reuse materials and furnitures that are unused.


A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse (e.g. of electronics, furnishings, books and other goods):

Used book fair at the beginning of each semester and sale of used items by Preci to finance a humanitarian trip.


A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption (e.g. restricting free printing and/or mandating doubled-sided printing in libraries and computer labs):

-Self-service printers have an advantageous rate for double-sided printing.
-All employees computers are programmed to print double-sided automatically.


A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials (e.g. course catalogs, course schedules, and directories) available online by default rather than printing them:

When it is possible everything is deployed to make available in electric format courses and other documents. In order to do this, ÉTS uses multiples internet platforms such as Moodle ÉTS, MonÉTS or the university website etsmtl.ca.


A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:

Wastes generated by moving are already very limited because appartments are rented fully-furnished.


A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:

Employees in charge of residual material disposal are always thinking about new ways to improve procedures.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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