Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 46.40 |
Liaison | David Heithaus |
Submission Date | Jan. 20, 2021 |
Kenyon College
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.40 / 8.00 |
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Parts 1 and 2. Waste per person
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Materials recycled | 116 Tons | 74 Tons |
Materials composted | 131 Tons | 98 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 | 631 Tons | 406 Tons |
Total waste generated | 878 Tons | 578 Tons |
If reporting post-recycling residual conversion, provide:
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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Period | July 1, 2019 | June 30, 2020 |
Baseline Period | July 1, 2013 | June 30, 2014 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
First year of available data.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 1,724 | 1,650 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 4 | 1 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 1,724 | 1,650 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 626 | 580 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 0 | 0 |
Weighted campus users | 2,194.50 | 2,085.25 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.40 Tons | 0.28 Tons |
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
0
Part 3. Waste diverted from the landfill or incinerator
28.13
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
28.13
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) | No |
Electronics | Yes |
Laboratory equipment | No |
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:
We recycle paper and plastics #1 and 2, aluminum cans, and glass in bins from common areas and residential areas. The dining hall collects food scraps for the compost, as well as participating students in apartment-style residential areas. At the end of the school year, the office of green initiatives collects items students no longer wish to keep and those items get sorted and stored until the following school year, where they are sold to students and the public. All items leftover are donated to a charity in the county.
Optional Fields
Active Recovery and Reuse
9
Tons
Recycling Management
No
Does the institution use dual stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Yes
Does the institution use multi-stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
No
Contamination and Discard Rates
5
A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
After collection, we sort recyclables in-house and remove any contaminants before bailing and stacking for final transportation.
Programs and Initiatives
"pre-cycling", the idea of buying less and recycling are both part of the Green Lifestyles programming and the "own your footprint..." campaign.
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
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A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
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A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
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A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
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A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:
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A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
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A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
Move out waste is collected by the Office of Green Initiatives and items that can be sold are stored and sold in our rummage sale held at the beginning of the following year, or donated to charities in our county.
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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