Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 82.81
Liaison Aaron Durnbaugh
Submission Date April 12, 2023

STARS v2.2

Loyola University Chicago
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.87 / 1.00 Megan Conway
Sustainability Manager
Office of Sustainability
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
1,904.62 Tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
282.17 Tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
87.10

Optional Fields 

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate for construction and demolition waste:
Chicago has a mandatory 75% Construction and Demolition Recycling Ordinance. Loyola consistently has contractors recycle in the 80-90% range for those projects that we track.

The data presented is from the construction of Francis Hall (July 2019 - July 2020) and several renovation projects (Cudahy Science, 2020/2021; Corboy bathroom/Arrupe lab, 2022/2023; Lewis Tower, 2020/2021; Cuneo Center, 2022).

Website URL where information about the institution’s C&D waste 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:
Diversion categories include (but are not limited to) brick/block, cardboard, concrete, metal, cardboard, gypsum drywall, and wood

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