Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 45.51
Liaison Lawrence Brien
Submission Date Feb. 29, 2024

STARS v2.2

State University of New York at Brockport
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.68 / 8.00 Julie Caswell
Director Facilities Operations
Facilities Maintenance and Operations
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Parts 1 and 2. Waste per person

Figures needed to determine total waste generated (and diverted):
Performance Year Baseline Year
Materials recycled 385.35 Tons 205 Tons
Materials composted 65 Tons 25 Tons
Materials donated or re-sold 0 Tons 0 Tons
Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion 0 Tons 0 Tons
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator 778.59 Tons 800 Tons
Total waste generated 1,228.94 Tons 1,030 Tons

If reporting post-recycling residual conversion, provide:

A brief description of the residual conversion facility:
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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Period July 1, 2022 June 30, 2023
Baseline Period July 1, 2004 June 30, 2005

If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:

A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:
The baseline was the first year that we submitted a STARS report.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site 2,143 2,500
Number of employees resident on-site 14 0
Number of other individuals resident on-site 0 0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment 6,934 7,714
Full-time equivalent of employees 952 1,312
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education 1,012 0
Weighted campus users 5,694.75 7,394.50

Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Total waste generated per weighted campus user 0.22 Tons 0.14 Tons

Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
0

Part 3. Waste diverted from the landfill or incinerator

Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator by recycling, composting, donating or re-selling, performance year:
36.65

Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
36.65

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) No
Electronics Yes
Laboratory equipment No
Furniture No
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste No
Scrap metal No
Pallets No
Tires No
Other (please specify below) No

A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
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Optional Fields 

Active Recovery and Reuse

Materials intended for disposal but subsequently recovered and reused on campus, performance year:
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Recycling Management 

Does the institution use single stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Yes

Does the institution use dual stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Yes

Does the institution use multi-stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
No

Contamination and Discard Rates 

Average contamination rate for the institution’s recycling program:
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A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
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Programs and Initiatives 

A brief description of the institution's waste-related behavior change initiatives:
The campus participates in Race to Zero Waste(Formally RecycleMania) every February-March. This competition encourages students to recycle.

A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
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A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
The campus does buy in bulk where it can to save money and material waste.

A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
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A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
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A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:
SUNY Brockport aspires to improve efficiency, sustainability, cost and security as it relates to office printing. Therefore, it is the University’s policy to:

1) establish system-wide print defaults and standards;
2) limit printing to items essential for academic instruction or those items required to perform and complete the University’s business needs (e.g., reports or forms for submission to Federal or State agencies, etc.);
3) direct large print jobs (100 pages or more) to SUNY Brockport’s Printing Services (email);
4) achieve sustainability goals by reducing paper, energy use and carbon footprint;
5) utilize SUNY-approved Beacon software to monitor print volume to better understand and improve our print practices (the specific content of a document is not captured); and
6) enable a centralized print budget.

Printers also default to double sided prints to save on paper usage.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
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A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
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A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Materials composted comes from BASC pre consumer 25Ton and Grounds Plant materials of 40Ton.

The baseline for Landfill was never submitted, so we used an estimate for 2004, so we could submit data for landfill for this current report.

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.