Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.07
Liaison Brittney Hernandez-Stevenson
Submission Date May 8, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Madisonville Community College
OP-22: Waste Minimization

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.36 / 5.00 Brittney Stevenson
Sustainability Coordinator/Business Affairs Specialist
Business Affairs
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Waste generated::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Materials recycled 13.56 Tons 4 Tons
Materials composted 0 Tons 0 Tons
Materials reused, donated or re-sold 8 Tons 18 Tons
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator 88 Tons 75 Tons

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 0 0
Number of residential employees 0 0
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 2,200 2,500
Full-time equivalent of employees 330 350
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 400 300

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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2011 Jan. 1, 2012
Baseline Year Dec. 31, 2011 Dec. 31, 2012

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A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:
The organization that Madisonville Community College worked with to recycle the majority of materials went out of business . The current company does not have a recycling program so the baseline year was chosen based on last recorded recycling data.

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A brief description of any (non-food) waste audits employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any institutional procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
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A brief description of any surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
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A brief description of the institution's efforts to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
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A brief description of any limits on paper and ink consumption employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any programs employed by the institution to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
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A brief description of any other (non-food) waste minimization strategies employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any food waste audits employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any programs and/or practices to track and reduce pre-consumer food waste in the form of kitchen food waste, prep waste and spoilage:
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A brief description of programs and/or practices to track and reduce post-consumer food waste:
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A brief description of the institution's provision of reusable and/or third party certified compostable to-go containers for to-go food and beverage items (in conjunction with a composting program):
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A brief description of the institution's provision of reusable service ware for “dine in” meals and reusable and/or third party certified compostable service ware for to-go meals (in conjunction with a composting program):
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A brief description of any discounts offered to customers who use reusable containers (e.g. mugs) instead of disposable or compostable containers in to-go food service operations:
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A brief description of other dining services waste minimization programs and initiatives:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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