Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.75
Liaison Dan DeZarn
Submission Date March 31, 2016
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State University of New York at Geneseo
OP-23: Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.65 / 3.00 Dan Dezarn
Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Materials diverted from the solid waste landfill or incinerator:
607.31 Tons

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Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
498.30 Tons

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A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate, including efforts made during the previous three years:
Geneseo Gives Back: items that are left in dorm buildings at the end of the academic school year are repurposed and resold by the Geneseo Interfaith Center. All monetary proceeds from the sale are used to fund the Interfaith Center facility. http://www.geneseo.edu/residence_life/geneseo-gives-back-program

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A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:
CAS currently donates surplus food twice per year at the end of each semester to FoodLink of Rochester. The most recent food donation took place in December 2012, when the dining halls closed for winter intersession. The amount of the donation was approximately 318 pounds.

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A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Campus Auxiliary Services coordinates with grounds to compost all of its pre-consumer waste. CAS and grounds are continuing to look for uses for the compost as well as ways to refine it. *Though CAS is unable to measure its pre-consumer waste in terms of percentage, CAS estimates that 14,400 pounds of pre-consumer food waste is composted each academic year.

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A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
Though not currently operational, CAS is working with the upcoming Geneseo e-Garden on a bioconversion waste program, where post-consumer products are turned into compostable soil through the use of soldier-fly larvae.

Does the institution include the following materials in its waste diversion efforts?:
Yes or No
Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers Yes
Food donations Yes
Food for animals No
Food composting Yes
Cooking oil Yes
Plant materials composting Yes
Animal bedding composting No
Batteries Yes
Light bulbs Yes
Toner/ink-jet cartridges Yes
White goods (i.e. appliances) No
Laboratory equipment ---
Furniture No
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste Yes
Scrap metal Yes
Pallets No
Motor oil Yes
Tires Yes

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Other materials that the institution includes in its waste diversion efforts:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://www.geneseo.edu/%7Eehs/Waste%20Management/Recycling/recycling%20trifold2005.pdf http://www.geneseo.edu/%7Eehs/Waste%20Management/Spreadsheetsucf2.PDF

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