| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.14 |
| Liaison | Kristina Hope |
| Submission Date | Feb. 2, 2024 |
Knox College
PRE-2: Points of Distinction
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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N/A |
Kristina
Hope Director of Sustainability Initiatives Office of Sustainability |
Name of the institution’s featured sustainability program, initiative, or accomplishment:
A brief description of the institution’s featured program, initiative, or accomplishment:
Reusable Eco containers, known as Clamshells, are distributed for FREE to all incoming students at New Student Orientation. New Students enjoy an educational sustainability skit that is performed by upper class students that explain and model sustainability culture on campus. This includes the use of the reusable clamshells when taking out food from Dining, as well as skits about all the resources on campus that encourage reusing, repurposing and reducing consumption and waste.
Which of the following impact areas does the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Food & Dining
Waste
Website URL where more information about the accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment:
Name of a second highlighted sustainability program/initiative/accomplishment:
A brief description of the second program/initiative/accomplishment:
Knox continues to make great strides in our food organics recovery program, shifting the paradigm from waste to resource. Knox Students recover food, through Knox's Chapter of the Food Recovery Network (FRN), we have created a community scale composting program for the Knox community to participate in, and we collaborate with an industrial composting facility to manage all organic material (including BPI certified) compostables that are used on campus in our effort to eliminate disposables in Dining. Knox is working hard at food organics reduction and recovery. In addition to the of pounds that FRN recovers and donates to local organizations, each term they host a "weigh the waste" awareness campaign. Knox's cafeteria and snack bar use compostable serving ware that is collected, along with food waste, to compost at an industrial composting facility. Knox Farm manages all plant material produced on-site, closing the loop and working with waste as a resource, to make nutrient rich compost that is applied in the gardens for next year's harvest.
Which impact areas does the second program/initiative/accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Food & Dining
Waste
Website URL where more information about the second program/initiative/accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the second program/initiative/accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the second program/initiative/accomplishment:
Name of a third highlighted program/initiative/accomplishment:
A brief description of the third program/initiative/accomplishment:
Which impact areas does the third program/initiative/accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Website URL where more information about the third program/initiative/accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the third program/initiative/accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the third program/initiative/accomplishment:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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