Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 37.63
Liaison Emma Shipalesky
Submission Date March 23, 2012
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STARS v1.1

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
OP-20: Electronic Waste Recycling Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Dan McEachern
Logistics/Purchasing Manager
Corporate Services
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Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish all electronic waste generated by the institution and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Yes

Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Yes

A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:

All electronic waste is picked up by the Distribution group and disposed of through Alberta Government Surplus. Alberta Government Surplus uses Alberta Government approved e-waste recyclers.
All surplus electronic waste becomes the responsibility of the Materials Management Department.
First step is for the department to declare item surplus by filling out a Surplus/movement form.
It is then brought to the Distribution warehouse where an ISD representative removes the hard drives and any parts deemed to be reusable (i.e. usb ports, memory cards, speakers etc).
The hard drives are separated and taken to a metal shredder company that shreds the hard drives and recycles the components.
The rest of the computer and parts are then taken to a government approved facility for recycling.


A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for institution-generated materials:

As above


A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for student-generated materials :

Students can access NAIT's ability to recycle if they wish.


The website URL where information about the e-waste recycling program is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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