Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.41
Liaison Tracey Coronado
Submission Date April 1, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Missouri State University
OP-23: Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.98 / 3.00 Doug Neidigh
Sustainability Coordinator
Environmental Management
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Materials diverted from the solid waste landfill or incinerator:
513.76 Metric tons
+ Date Revised: March 14, 2018

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Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
1,059.45 Metric tons
+ Date Revised: March 14, 2018

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A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate, including efforts made during the previous three years:
Recycling bins are located in all of the academic buildings on campus, in the residence halls, as well as outside for use between buildings and at shuttle stops. Recycling pick up service is offered to the campus for the following items: batteries, toner cartridges and e-waste. The dining halls have programs in place to donate or compost their food waste. Missouri State University also participated in RecycleMania in order to raise awareness about recycling and to encourage campus users to minimize waste.

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A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:
Missouri State University joined the Food Recovery Network in 2014 through the guidance of OPHI (Ozarks Public Health Institute. Student volunteers from the Master of Public Health Program recover food not used by students, which would otherwise be thrown away, from two dining halls (Blair-Shannon & Garst). This food is delivered to two different agencies (Northside and Southside Senior Communities) on every Tuesday and Friday. During the process, the volunteers document the amount and type of food donated from each dining hall as well as food temperatures for safety concerns.

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A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Dining services composts all food waste through a program called Trim Trax. The dining halls have buckets in the kitchens were they put all of the pre-consumer waste such as onion peelings, celery roots etc. which are then put into the compost cans at the end of each shift.

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A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Dining services composts all food waste. The trash cans out front and in the dish room have corn plastic liners. When customers dump food out front into the trashcan or send it back on the plate, it ends up in a can which is later taken outside and placed in larger composting holding cans outside. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays the composting company picks up the bins from all the locations and delivers it to their composting facility.

Does the institution include the following materials in its waste diversion efforts?:
Yes or No
Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers Yes
Food donations Yes
Food for animals Yes
Food composting Yes
Cooking oil Yes
Plant materials composting Yes
Animal bedding composting Yes
Batteries Yes
Light bulbs Yes
Toner/ink-jet cartridges Yes
White goods (i.e. appliances) Yes
Laboratory equipment Yes
Furniture Yes
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste Yes
Scrap metal Yes
Pallets Yes
Motor oil Yes
Tires Yes

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Other materials that the institution includes in its waste diversion efforts:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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