| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 57.77 |
| Liaison | Martín Sanchez |
| Submission Date | June 29, 2024 |
Tecnológico de Monterrey – Campus Estado de México
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.48 / 8.00 |
Parts 1 and 2. Waste per person
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Materials recycled | 47.80 Tons | 10.20 Tons |
| Materials composted | 0 Tons | 0 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 | 98.70 Tons | 101 Tons |
| Total waste generated | 146.50 Tons | 111.20 Tons |
If reporting post-recycling residual conversion, provide:
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
| Start Date | End Date | |
| Performance Period | Jan. 1, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2023 |
| Baseline Period | Jan. 1, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2019 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
2023 was selected to be the waste generation performance year since the Integral Residue Management System started to be implemented at Tec. Also, this is the year from which we know the most and best-quality information about residue generation and management throughout the campuses distributed along the country.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Number of students resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
| Number of employees resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
| Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
| Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 4,705.83 | 4,987.95 |
| Full-time equivalent of employees | 1,162.25 | 1,045.70 |
| Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 196 | 75.50 |
| Weighted campus users | 4,254.06 | 4,468.61 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.03 Tons | 0.02 Tons |
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
Part 3. Waste diverted from the landfill or incinerator
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
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 | No |
| Cooking oil | No |
| Plant materials | No |
| Animal bedding | No |
| White goods (i.e. appliances) | No |
| Electronics | Yes |
| Laboratory equipment | No |
| Furniture | Yes |
| Residence hall move-in/move-out waste | No |
| Scrap metal | Yes |
| Pallets | No |
| Tires | No |
| Other (please specify below) | No |
A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
Optional Fields
Active Recovery and Reuse
Recycling Management
Does the institution use dual stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Does the institution use multi-stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Contamination and Discard Rates
A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
Programs and Initiatives
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:
Student Printing: It is done through an external provider, we have 6 centers identified in the Campus Printing and 1 in Zona Esmeralda made for them: • CI. EGAP EGADE-PB • CI. Classrooms VI (Plotting special service) • CI. Professional Library Annex • CI. School Library • CI. Preparatory Microcec • CI. CEDETEC • CI. Zona Esmeralda Printing is absorbed entirely by the student and is granted a prepayment made prior to printing ATMs destined for it. Policies, student balance inquiries (after authentication) can be found on page www.cem.itesm.mx / di in the "Students" -> "Print System" -> "Print Policy". Also have the "Tips for Printing" on the same route, in order to make less waste of paper and have a moderate and efficient use of what is required to print.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
By pre-determined the CEM does not print course catalogs, course schedules and directories and instead of this is done online. This information can be found online through various portals that provide these information services online: A) Academic Portal: contains information relating to the academy. Exam marks and failures, schedules, everything related to the academic area. B) Administrative Portal Directed administrative and teaching staff, contains information relevant to personal data, payroll receipts, training, Institutional Directory, travel and everything related to personal information such as Tec. C) Student Portal: http://mitec.itesm.mx academic and extracurricular information throughout your stay as a student asset. D) Portal Ex-A-Tec: Job http://exatec.itesm.mx, important notices, invitations to conferences, and any relevant information in its capacity as Alumnus of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. E) http://cursos.itesm.mx Blackboard Technology Platform Currently it has released a single called http://miespacio.sistematec.mx collaborative portal that will evolve and relate to information portals today have, but it will make a more friendly space for collaboration and technological edge.
A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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