| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Richard Johnson |
| Submission Date | Aug. 2, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Rice University
OP-18: Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
Reporter |
Richard
Johnson Director of Sustainability Facilities Engineering and Planning |
Materials recycled, composted, reused, donated, re-sold, or otherwise diverted :
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:
In an ordinary year, we estimate that we compost about 120 tons of landscaping debris. However, during the reporting year, we composted nearly 10 times that amount as a result of Hurricane Ike. We compost nearly all of our landscaping waste on-site, but the Hurricane Ike debris was collected and composted by an outside company. Since the reporting year, we have instituted single-stream recycling (spring 2011).
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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