Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
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Overall Score | 44.86 |
Liaison | Elisabeth Reed |
Submission Date | Feb. 25, 2019 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Illinois State University
OP-19: Waste Minimization and Diversion
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.25 / 8.00 |
Gig
Supanichrattana Administrative Associate Facilities Management |
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Parts 1 and 2: Waste Minimization
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Materials recycled | 2,600.30 Metric tons | 1,351.07 Metric tons |
Materials composted | 461.29 Metric tons | 278 Metric tons |
Materials donated or re-sold | 0 Metric tons | 0 Metric tons |
Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion | 0 Metric tons | 0 Metric tons |
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator | 3,116.62 Metric tons | 1,649.26 Metric tons |
Total waste generated | 6,178.21 Metric tons | 3,278.33 Metric tons |
If reporting post-recycling residual conversion, provide:
N/A
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Year | July 1, 2017 | June 30, 2018 |
Baseline Year | July 1, 2014 | June 30, 2015 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
The last STARS report was submitted by the institution in February 2016 using 2005 data as baseline. We used 2015 as a baseline for this report.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 5,811 | 6,482 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 18 | 24 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site and/or staffed hospital beds | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 20,784 | 21,080 |
Full-time equivalent of employees (staff + faculty) | 3,281.60 | 3,654 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 990 | 344 |
Weighted campus users | 18,763.95 | 19,919 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.33 Metric tons | 0.16 Metric tons |
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
0
Part 3: Waste Diversion
49.55
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
49.55
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 | 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 |
Tires | Yes |
Other (please specify below) | No |
A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
N/A
Optional Fields
Active Recovery and Reuse
0
Metric tons
Recycling Management
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
Contamination and Discard Rates
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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:
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Programs and Initiatives
ISU uses single stream recycling to encourage students to recycle. By using single stream recycling, ISU is removing the need for students to separate their recyclable materials.
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
Every year students in the Environmental Health Science program conduct a campus waste audit. Trash is collected from several buildings and the Quad for a week. Students then sort through the trash to identify materials that could have been recycled but are instead ending up in trash receptacles – and eventually landfills.
A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste (e.g. by minimizing packaging and purchasing in bulk):
ISU is very involved in waste prevention, especially because the county landfill will be at capacity by 2017.
A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
Property Control maintains surplus supplies and furniture and makes it available for free to campus departments.
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):
ISU uses social media groups to encourage peer-to-peer exchanges. Pages such as ISU exchange and Facebook marketplace exist to encourage students to reuse and exchange materials as often as possible.
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):
None mandated, it's just a matter of efficient business operations to work electronically.
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:
The course catalog is now available exclusively online and divided up by department to reduce the number of people printing it. Professors are encouraged to post their syllabi online rather than handing one out to every student. ISU directories are no longer printed, and a majority of departmental newsletters, including those to alumni, are now electronic.
A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
Each residence hall has a large container for belongings that are still in good condition but not wanted by the student. Other students can take what they want and the rest is donated to charity.
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.