Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.71
Liaison Bridget Flynn
Submission Date Feb. 15, 2012
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Oberlin College
OP-18: Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.19 / 3.00 Rob Lamppa
Director of Sustainability and Energy Management
Office of Environmental Sustainability
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Materials recycled, composted, reused, donated, re-sold, or otherwise diverted :
107.80 Tons

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Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
1,565 Tons

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A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate:
Segregated office paper pick-up for recycling. Segregated corrugated pick-up for recycling. Single-stream collection for paper, glass, #1 & #2 plastic, and cans in residence halls and staff/faculty offices for collection by City recycling. Dining hall food collection for composting. Waste oil from Dining Operations is convered to Bio-diesel. Some in-dorm composting iniitiated in 2011. Move-out sale (unwanted/used items) for community held at end of year. Unwanted electronics collected for recycling by IT Department. Student groups (Resource Conseervation Team & Campus Dining Service Recyclers) dedicated to increasing composting and recyclable collection on campus.

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