| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.13 |
| Liaison | Bridget Flynn |
| Submission Date | March 9, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Oberlin College
OP-23: Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.44 / 3.00 |
Bridget
Flynn Sustainability Coordinator Office of Environmental Sustainability |
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Materials diverted from the solid waste landfill or incinerator:
267.69
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, including efforts made during the previous three years:
Segregated office paper pick-up for recycling. Segregated corrugated pick-up for recycling. Single-stream collection for paper, glass, plastics #1 through #7, cans and cartons in residence halls and staff/faculty offices for collection by City recycling. Dining hall food collection for composting. Waste oil from Dining Operations is converted to Bio-diesel. Some in-dorm composting initiated 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 Conservation Team & Campus Dining Service Recyclers) dedicated to increasing composting and recyclable collection on campus.
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A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:
Campus Dining Services is looking to donate leftover food via a Food Rescue Program. A student will take leftover food and bike it to local community centers.
On the other hand, they have been successful in donating surplus food. Donations occur at the start of all major breaks in the academic calendar. We donate this surplus to: http://secondharvestfoodbank.org.
Fruit produced at the Adam Joseph Lewis Center is often donated to food pantries and other local events.
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A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Campus Dining Service collects pre-consumer food waste for composting in various locations. They installed a compost pulper to facilitate increased volumes of composting in Stevenson, the largest dining facility on campus.
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A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
At the largest campus dining facility students scrape off their post-consumer food waste (in a clear bin so that they have to face their leftovers). CDS also installed a compost pulper pulp to facilitate composting this material.The OSCA dining co-ops also send pre-and-post consumer organics to be composted. New locations have been added in 2014-2015, including DeCafe, the most popular cafe on campus.
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 | No |
| Food composting | Yes |
| Cooking oil | Yes |
| Plant materials composting | Yes |
| Animal bedding composting | No |
| Batteries | Yes |
| Light bulbs | Yes |
| Toner/ink-jet cartridges | Yes |
| White goods (i.e. appliances) | No |
| Laboratory equipment | --- |
| Furniture | Yes |
| Residence hall move-in/move-out waste | Yes |
| Scrap metal | Yes |
| Pallets | No |
| Motor oil | Yes |
| Tires | Yes |
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Other materials that the institution includes in its waste diversion efforts:
The Recycled Products Co-op (RPC) and the Resource Conservation Team (RCT) make notebooks out of scrap paper and reduce and reuse as many materials on campus as possible!
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In 2014, the City of Oberlin's city service complex housing all the refuse and recycling trucks caught fire and all the trucks were destroyed. For the almost the entirety of 2014, the College did not have a reliable way to get the majority of our recyclables to the recycling center since the City hauls college recyclables. It should be noted that recycling numbers will be very poor for this time period. The City acquired new refuse and recycling trucks by December 2014. The recycling trucks are hybrid hydraulic which will make waste management operations much more green. The College recycling program is expected to resume by February 2015. We anticipate the first few months of 2015 will show some adjustment to the new system. Beyond that time, we think the new system for recycling (the trucks, carts, and single stream) will improve recycling numbers.
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