Overall Rating | Silver |
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Overall Score | 45.57 |
Liaison | Maia Roseval |
Submission Date | Jan. 12, 2023 |
State University of New York at Farmingdale
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.86 / 8.00 |
Maia
Roseval Sustainability Manager Facilities and Operations |
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Parts 1 and 2. Waste per person
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Materials recycled | 96.22 Tons | 124.38 Tons |
Materials composted | 0 Tons | 0 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 | 436 Tons | 169.50 Tons |
Total waste generated | 532.22 Tons | 293.88 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, 2020 | June 30, 2021 |
Baseline Period | July 1, 2014 | June 30, 2015 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 415 | 634 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 2 | 3 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 8,010 | 6,986 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 1,040 | 862 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 684 | 0 |
Weighted campus users | 6,378.75 | 6,045.25 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.08 Tons | 0.05 Tons |
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
0
Part 3. Waste diverted from the landfill or incinerator
18.08
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
18.08
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 | Yes |
Scrap metal | Yes |
Pallets | Yes |
Tires | Yes |
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
No
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 college has recently redone its sustainability website to include a page dedicated to informing the community how to recycle. Signs have also been placed on the central recycling bins on each hallway that indicate what can go in each bin in order to keep contamination low. A new employee orientation, that will include how to recycle in the office, is also to be posted on Aries (our internal facing website).
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:
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A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
There is no formal program for office reuse, however furniture that is not in use is stored in a central location and employees are encouraged to use that furniture in lieu of buying new.
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:
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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:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Performance year: academic year 2020-2021
Baseline year: fiscal year 2014-2015
Volume to waste conversation: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/CR-011175.pdf
Baseline year: fiscal year 2014-2015
Volume to waste conversation: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/CR-011175.pdf
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