| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 49.02 |
| Liaison | James Speer |
| Submission Date | June 30, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Indiana State University
OP-23: Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.36 / 3.00 |
Paul
Reed Manager of Custodial and Special Services Facilities Management |
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:
Our custodial services is managed by the same person as our recycling center which makes recycling a priority. The Recycling Center participates in Recylcemania and in many outreach programs such as America Recycles Day. They conduct public outreach as well as campus tours through the recycling facility with more than 20,000 individuals coming through the center for tours each year. The Recycling Center does education at tables for events such as ISU Earth Day, Union Hospital Earth Day, White Violet Center for EcoJustice's Earth Day, Matter in Motion at Ivy Tech, and Soil and Water Conservation Days.
A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:
Indiana State University's food service provider Sodexo donates surplus food to the local Catholic Charity where it goes to feed local school age children. The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation donates $20,000 in food every summer for school age children. We conduct a Jam the Bus program that is a can food drive that collects approximately 11,000 pounds food that is donated to Catholic Charities.
A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Our three main dining service areas do compost pre-consumer food waste. We have a SOMAT machine in Lincoln Quad and our other two dining services collect vegetable scraps that Grounds Maintenance composts for use as soil amendment in our community garden.
A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
In 2009 we installed a SOMAT Machine in Lincoln Quad that takes all of the effluent from dish washing then grinds and cooks the material so that all post-consumer food waste can be composted. This material is used as an organic additive to the soils at the community garden.
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 | No |
| Food for animals | No |
| Food composting | Yes |
| Cooking oil | No |
| Plant materials composting | No |
| Animal bedding composting | No |
| Batteries | Yes |
| Light bulbs | No |
| Toner/ink-jet cartridges | No |
| White goods (i.e. appliances) | No |
| Laboratory equipment | No |
| Furniture | No |
| Residence hall move-in/move-out waste | Yes |
| Scrap metal | Yes |
| Pallets | No |
| Motor oil | No |
| Tires | No |
Other materials that the institution includes in its waste diversion efforts:
Our recycling center is very creative in diverting as much material as possible from the landfill. Often, when they receive material that either cannot be recycled or is not receiving a good market price, they will save these materials to be re-used in crafting projects rather than thrown away.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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