Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.39
Liaison Patrice Langevin
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

Pitzer College
OP-20: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Patrice Langevin
Associate Vice President of Facilities & Capital Projects
Facilities and Capital Projects
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Part 1. Hazardous waste minimization and disposal

Does the institution have strategies in place to safely dispose of all hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste and seek to minimize the presence of these materials on campus?:
Yes

A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Pitzer has contracted with North State Environmental, an environmental services company to pick-up the College's hazardous waste on a quarterly basis. Additionally, lab waste is picked up by a certified company through our science division.

A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Pitzer has contracted with an environmental services company, to pick-up the College's hazardous waste on a quarterly basis. Additionally, construction hazardous waste remediation and disposal is done by B2 Environmental.
Training: https://www.pitzer.edu/facilities/safety-program-titles/

A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
Pitzer College has not had any hazardous materials release incidents during the previous 3 year.

A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
none

Part 2. Electronic waste diversion

Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by the institution?:
Yes

Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
Yes

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program(s), including information about how electronic waste generated by the institution and/or students is recycled:
Pitzer is contracted with Greenway Solid Waster & Recycling, an environmental services company to pick-up the College's electronic waste on a quarterly basis. Pitzer has established an E-Waste Recycling Center for students, staff and faculty in both the Atherton mail room and in Scott Hall.

Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Yes

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s hazardous waste program is available:
https://www.pitzer.edu/information-technology/services/e-waste/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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