Overall Rating | Silver |
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Overall Score | 45.51 |
Liaison | Lawrence Brien |
Submission Date | Feb. 29, 2024 |
State University of New York at Brockport
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.68 / 8.00 |
Julie
Caswell Director Facilities Operations Facilities Maintenance and Operations |
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Parts 1 and 2. Waste per person
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:
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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:
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
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
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Recycling Management
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
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A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
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Programs and 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.
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 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.