Overall Rating | Bronze |
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Overall Score | 38.36 |
Liaison | Marga Martinez |
Submission Date | Oct. 10, 2024 |
Oakton College
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.63 / 8.00 |
Charmaine
John Sustainability Specialist Facilities |
Parts 1 and 2. Waste per person
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Materials recycled | 243.22 Tons | 77.89 Tons |
Materials composted | 6.84 Tons | 85.24 Tons |
Materials donated or re-sold | 0 Tons | 0 Tons |
Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion | 0 Tons | 0 Tons |
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator | 423.43 Tons | 148.05 Tons |
Total waste generated | 673.49 Tons | 311.18 Tons |
If reporting post-recycling residual conversion, provide:
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Period | Jan. 1, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2023 |
Baseline Period | Jan. 1, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2019 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
The 2019 Baseline was adopted because 2019 was a pre-covid year which is most similar to our current post covid operations.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 2,042 | 5,869 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 714 | 803 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 551 | 320 |
Weighted campus users | 1,653.75 | 4,764 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.41 Tons | 0.07 Tons |
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
Part 3. Waste diverted from the landfill or incinerator
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
In the waste figures reported above, has the institution recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold the following materials?:
Yes or No | |
Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers | Yes |
Food | Yes |
Cooking oil | No |
Plant materials | Yes |
Animal bedding | No |
White goods (i.e. appliances) | Yes |
Electronics | Yes |
Laboratory equipment | Yes |
Furniture | No |
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste | No |
Scrap metal | Yes |
Pallets | Yes |
Tires | No |
Other (please specify below) | Yes |
A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
The institution hosts a "Swap Party" twice a year where comunity members can bring gently used or giftable items for swap. We donate cable wire for recycling
Optional Fields
Active Recovery and Reuse
Recycling Management
Does the institution use dual stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Does the institution use multi-stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Contamination and Discard Rates
A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
Programs and Initiatives
We recently passed a document subsidizing cafteria purchase of compostables, by subsidizing $1,000 permonth tp purchase the product.
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
In 2024 we conducted a waste sort to study the cafeteria trash, we sorted into recycleable and composting material.
A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
We have an office product exchange in our auxilliary department where unused or donated office supplies are kept for others to borrow and use as needed, This significantly reduces office related waste on our campus and saves funds that would otherwise be used to purchasre office supplies
A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
The office product exchange and swap parties are frequently publicized via internal communication channels.
A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:
We use a printwise tool to limit student printing on campus. Free printing is fully restricted on our campus for students.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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