Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 79.39 |
Liaison | Yolanda Cieters |
Submission Date | March 5, 2021 |
Seattle University
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.29 / 8.00 |
Figures needed to determine total waste generated (and diverted):
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Materials recycled | 428.10 Tons | 411.50 Tons |
Materials composted | 919.90 Tons | 414.70 Tons |
Materials donated or re-sold | 35.20 Tons | 21.40 Tons |
Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion | 0 Tons | 0 Tons |
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator | 554.10 Tons | 526.90 Tons |
Total waste generated | 1,937.30 Tons | 1,374.50 Tons |
A brief description of the residual conversion facility:
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Period | July 1, 2017 | June 30, 2018 |
Baseline Period | July 1, 2010 | June 30, 2011 |
A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 1,794 | 1,664 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 43 | 37 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 6,902 | 6,833 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 1,326 | 1,235 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 27 | 0 |
Weighted campus users | 6,610 | 6,476.25 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.29 Tons | 0.21 Tons |
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator by recycling, composting, donating or re-selling, performance year:
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
In the waste figures reported above, has the institution recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold the following materials?:
Yes or No | |
Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers | Yes |
Food | Yes |
Cooking oil | Yes |
Plant materials | Yes |
Animal bedding | No |
White goods (i.e. appliances) | Yes |
Electronics | Yes |
Laboratory equipment | Yes |
Furniture | Yes |
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste | Yes |
Scrap metal | Yes |
Pallets | Yes |
Tires | Yes |
Other (please specify below) | Yes |
A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
Materials intended for disposal but subsequently recovered and reused on campus, performance year:
Does the institution use single stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Does the institution use dual stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Does the institution use multi-stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Average contamination rate for the institution’s recycling program:
A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
A brief description of the institution's waste-related behavior change initiatives:
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
--Reporting year for this credit: FY18 (therefore numbers are different from PRE-4 and PRE-5. PRE-4 and PRE-5 credit data is for FY19).
--Note that for student residents, we adjusted our numbers for the performance year: the number of student on-site residents in FY18 was 2,094.0. But because the waste data we report on in this credit OP18 only includes the buildings that we own and manage (operational boundary; excluding any leased buildings), we subtracted 300 students from the total number of student residents (that is the combined capacity of two residence halls that SU leases and for which we do not report any waste data in this credit OP18).
The baseline year (FY11) numbers for student residents was also revised: the number of students resident on-site in FY11 was 1,923. One leased residence hall was in use since FY10 with a capacity of 259 beds. We subtracted 259 from the total number of students resident on-site in baseline year FY11.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.