| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.14 |
| Liaison | Casey Romero |
| Submission Date | Jan. 12, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Oklahoma State University
OP-23: Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.54 / 3.00 |
Ilda
Hershey Sustainability Coordinator OSU Physical Plant |
Materials diverted from the solid waste landfill or incinerator:
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
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:
In 2012, a Sustainability Coordinator was hired with a focus on waste minimization. The same year a campus-wide, comprehensive recycling committee was created and in spring 2013 the Physical Plant created a Recycling Department. The OSU Recycling Committee developed a mission, objectives and goals, including a recycling goal of 30% by 2015. The Sustainability Office implemented a comprehensive marketing and outreach plan for the current recycling program and worked with Res Life to introduce a new single-stream recycling program for Res Halls.
A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:
Cowboy Kitchen is a student run program that collects food from dining locations throughout campus and donates it to the local homeless shelter (Mission of Hope) and whatever is unused at the Mission of Hope is donated to the Salvation Army. In addition to collecting food through University Dining Services, leftover food from home football games is also collected and donated. Cowboy Kitchen also has two off-campus food donators (Panera Bread and Bagel Cafe).
A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Campus kitchen staff sort produce waste, coffee grounds and egg shells for local gardeners to take away and compost on their farms.
A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
n/a
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 | 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 |
Other materials that the institution includes in its waste diversion efforts:
E-waste, Styrofoam packaging, cardboard, refrigerants, lab chemicals, horse manure.
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Glass is not collected for recycling as there is no market in our region. Although all other items listed above are collected and recycled or reused, we are not yet tracking tonnage for these particular items: food donations; cooking oil; animal bedding composting; white goods; laboratory equipment; furniture; residence hall move-out waste, motor oil and tires. Therefore, these items are neither included in tons recycled nor tons landfilled.
Glass is not collected for recycling as there is no market in our region. Although all other items listed above are collected and recycled or reused, we are not yet tracking tonnage for these particular items: food donations; cooking oil; animal bedding composting; white goods; laboratory equipment; furniture; residence hall move-out waste, motor oil and tires. Therefore, these items are neither included in tons recycled nor tons landfilled.
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