Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.84
Liaison Jay Clark
Submission Date Feb. 12, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Maryville College
OP-22: Waste Minimization

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.96 / 5.00 Mark O'Gorman
Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of Environmental Studies Program
Social Sciences
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Waste generated::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Materials recycled 46.11 Metric tons 35.78 Metric tons
Materials composted 0 Metric tons 0 Metric tons
Materials reused, donated or re-sold 0 Metric tons 0 Metric tons
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator 155.67 Metric tons
+ Date Revised: Feb. 26, 2016
167.65 Metric tons

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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 831
+ Date Revised: Feb. 26, 2016
800
+ Date Revised: Feb. 26, 2016
Number of residential employees 6 6
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 1,162 1,131
Full-time equivalent of employees 426 420
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 0 0

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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, 2015 Dec. 31, 2015
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2014 Dec. 31, 2014

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A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:
First complete year of both recycling and waste-generation 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:
Occasional "box-fort" program by students collects cardboard boxes from move-in/move-out;

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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):
Aramark and Metz Food service providers for MC initiated reusable clamshell containers and mugs for 'to-go' meal orders at main dining hall and campus grill;

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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:
Discounts up to 25% on coffee, lattes in the campus Metz cafe for using a reusable mug;

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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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