Overall Rating | Bronze |
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Overall Score | 40.10 |
Liaison | Laurie Kman |
Submission Date | Oct. 2, 2024 |
Lewis University
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.78 / 8.00 |
Laurie
Kman Manager of Facilities and Sustainability Facilities |
Parts 1 and 2. Waste per person
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Materials recycled | 96.53 Tons | 146.27 Tons |
Materials composted | 136.75 Tons | 233.15 Tons |
Materials donated or re-sold | 15 Tons | 1.30 Tons |
Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion | 0 Tons | 0 Tons |
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator | 308.76 Tons | 346.53 Tons |
Total waste generated | 557.04 Tons | 727.25 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 Period | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2023 |
Baseline Period | Jan. 1, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2019 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 1,001 | 1,006 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 1 | 3 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 16 | 25 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 4,664 | 5,275 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 748 | 620 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 2,688 | 400 |
Weighted campus users | 2,309.50 | 4,398.50 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.24 Tons | 0.17 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 | Yes |
Cooking oil | Yes |
Plant materials | Yes |
Animal bedding | No |
White goods (i.e. appliances) | Yes |
Electronics | 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) | Yes |
A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
We have recycled concrete, light bulbs, vehicle oil, paper shredding and various electronics.
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:
Our Sodexo janitorial service, literally splits open every recycling bag before throwing into our recycling containers.
Programs and Initiatives
We have started collecting plastic bags and films, used pens/markers/ personal hygiene in seperate containers. In 2024, we participate in the Campus Race to Zero Waste contest.
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
Our waste disposal company, Waste Management, submits a monthy diversion report.
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:
Our purchasing department maintains an inventory of surplus office supplies and furniture. Offices submit a request for the desired supplies. Office supply orders are checked before approval.
A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
Office supply exchange program
Furniture inventory
A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:
We have centralized printing/copying. Personal office printers are not allowed or purchased.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
We are developing a semi-annual event where students can get rid of their unwanted goods - One Student's Trash is Another's Treasure. This will reduce the amount of landfill and items left behind in dorms.
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
Our grounds superintendent, repurposes most items - i.e. bricks from demolition for landscaping projects and new sidewalks, drapes from the theater were used as weed control in our pond, all dirt and rock from projects are resused for grounds projects, dead trees are ground up and used as mulch on campus, old wood flooring was used to make benches.
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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