| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 63.89 |
| Liaison | Carly Thibodeau |
| Submission Date | July 7, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Endicott College
OP-23: Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.09 / 3.00 |
Materials diverted from the solid waste landfill or incinerator:
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate, including efforts made during the previous three years:
Recycling and composting mainly contribute to diversion rate. During Spring Move-out about 3 tons of clothes, non-perishables, toiletries, appliances, furniture, etc. was collected and donated to local charities.
Inter-departmental envelopes are collected and re-used. Ink cartridges are sent to be refurbished.
A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:
An estimated 40 lbs of leftover food is donated to a local shelter each day. About 742 lbs of non-perishables were collected and donated during the Spring 2016 move-out.
A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Pre-consumer food waste is collected in the kitchen of the dining hall in lined toter carts. This is combined with post-consumer food waste and is picked up by a hauling company and composted at Brick Ends Farm in Hamilton, MA. This is in the dining hall only and is currently not in the cafe's on campus.
A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Visitors to the dining hall place their plates, and dishes on a conveyor belt. Dining hall employees scrape the plates into lined toter carts.
Does the institution include the following materials in its waste diversion efforts?:
| Yes or No | |
| Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers | Yes |
| Food donations | Yes |
| Food for animals | No |
| Food composting | Yes |
| Cooking oil | Yes |
| Plant materials composting | Yes |
| Animal bedding composting | No |
| Batteries | Yes |
| Light bulbs | Yes |
| Toner/ink-jet cartridges | Yes |
| White goods (i.e. appliances) | Yes |
| Laboratory equipment | Yes |
| Furniture | Yes |
| Residence hall move-in/move-out waste | Yes |
| Scrap metal | Yes |
| Pallets | Yes |
| Motor oil | Yes |
| Tires | Yes |
Other materials that the institution includes in its waste diversion efforts:
cell phones and other various ewaste materials
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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