Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.14
Liaison Emily Zabanah
Submission Date March 30, 2020
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Seneca Polytechnic
OP-20: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.79 / 1.00 Paula Echeveste
Sustainability Specialist - Engagement & Outreach
Office of Sustainability
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered during the most recent year for which data is available within the previous three years:
51.41 Metric tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated during the most recent year for which data is available within the previous three years:
13.67 Metric tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
79.00

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A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate for construction and demolition waste:
Seneca incorporates into its RFP's to reduce waste. It dictates that contractors are responsible for the removal and diversion of construction and demolition (C&D) materials from landfill. Recent construction projects across all Seneca campuses are designed to meet LEED Gold green building standards, and as such aim to achieve high levels of C&D waste diversion; Magna Hall at King Campus, and the CITE Building at Newnham Campus both achieved LEED Gold certification.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Seneca's Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste comes from a number of sources, most notably new building construction and demolition, minor, and major renovations; most C&D data reported in this submission is from new building contruction and demolition, with a small portion coming from minor renovations. The data is compiled from information provided to CD Sonter to include in their Waste Audit Report for the 2017-2018 performance period.

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