| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.45 |
| Liaison | Yumiko Jakobcic |
| Submission Date | March 3, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Grand Valley State University
OP-23: Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.22 / 3.00 |
Yumiko
Jakobcic Campus Sustainability Coordinator Office of Sustainability Practices |
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:
We have a student recycling team that drives a small van and picks up the recycling from the containers in the academic buildings. The custodians in the housing buildings set the recycling out on the curb. The recycle team picks these up as well. Scrap metal is brought to the Service Building to our Padnos container. We have purchased new recycling containers for every building in the last 7 years. Pre and post consumer compostable material is placed in a separate container and picked up daily to be taken to Spurt Industries to be turned into top soil.
A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:
Campus Dining donates to local food pantries at the end of each semester. Through a partnership with Food Donation Connection, excess baked goods and produce are donated to Mel Trotter Ministries in Grand Rapids, MI.
A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Pre-Consumer composting is available at all of our dining locations. We have separate bins for composting, recycling, and landfill waste at all of our dining locations for ease of separation. Our goal is to be zero waste and eliminate the landfill bin all together.
A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Post-Consumer food composting is available at all of our dining locations. Separate bins for composting, recycling and landfill are easily accessible for all customers to separate their items. Campus Dining also has a “Green Team” actively educating and showing students how to separate their trash to eventually reach zero waste in the dining halls. This team routinely stands out by the trash receptacles and educates students on the importance of composting and recycling to eliminate trash from going to landfills. We use compostable service ware and trash liners to encourage composting and landfill diversion.
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:
Computers and e-waste.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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