Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.36
Liaison Aimee Lemrise
Submission Date Nov. 27, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
OP-20: Electronic Waste Recycling Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Thomas Reichert
Graduate Assistant
Sustainability
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Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish all electronic waste generated by the institution and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Yes

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Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Yes

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A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:
SIU collects and stores campus ewaste until it is deemed necessary to contact Secure Processors and have the ewaste recycled

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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for institution-generated materials:
Southern Illinois University Carbondale has programs in place to responsibly recycle all off the ewaste that the campus generates. SIU contracts through a company named Secure Processors that handles all of our ewaste. SIU collects and stores campus ewaste until it is deemed necessary to contact Secure Processors and have the ewaste recycled. A list of all ewaste that is accepted by Secure Processors can be seen on this page http://secureprocessors.org/About_Us/34/a.

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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for student-generated materials :
Southern Illinois University Carbondale offers recycling programs for students to recycle their ewaste. During move in and move out recycling events, SIU offers dedicated bins at every residential hall for students to recycle their old electronics responsibly. During the year, SIU offers isolated options for students to recycle their unwanted electronics.

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The website URL where information about the e-waste recycling program is available:
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