Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Mark Bremer
Submission Date April 6, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

State University of New York Polytechnic Institute
OP-22: Waste Minimization

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Mark Bremer
Lecturer & Green Team Chair
Arts & Sciences
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Waste generated::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Materials recycled 194.50 Tons 194.50 Tons
Materials composted 0 Tons 0 Tons
Materials reused, donated or re-sold 0 Tons 0 Tons
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator 222.67 Tons 222.67 Tons

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of residential students 631 631
Number of residential employees 3 3
Number of in-patient hospital beds 0 0
Full-time equivalent enrollment 1,893 1,893
Full-time equivalent of employees 263 263
Full-time equivalent of distance education students 255 255

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year April 1, 2013 March 31, 2014
Baseline Year April 1, 2013 March 31, 2014

A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:
Waste generation and diversion was determined as part of the annual Executive Order 4 reporting criteria. The 2013-14 baseline was adopted because a new single-stream recycling program was adopted campus-wide in August 2014.

A brief description of any (non-food) waste audits employed by the institution:
In April 2013, a whole-building waste audit was conducted of a mixed-use campus building, Kunsela Hall. In August 2014, the campus adopted the Oneida Herkimer Solid Waste Authority Single Stream program for recyclable wastes.

A brief description of any institutional procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
Central purchasing buys office supplies like copy paper in bulk. Executive Order 4 prohibits the use of state funds to purchase bottled water.

A brief description of any surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
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A brief description of the institution's efforts to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
Online course catalogs, course schedules, course registration, directories, employee time sheet reporting. Some forms are fillable online.

A brief description of any limits on paper and ink consumption employed by the institution:
Some office and computer lab printers are set to double-sided printing by default.

A brief description of any programs employed by the institution to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
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A brief description of any other (non-food) waste minimization strategies employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any food waste audits employed by the institution:
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A brief description of any programs and/or practices to track and reduce pre-consumer food waste in the form of kitchen food waste, prep waste and spoilage:
Pre-consumer kitchen food waste is collected and given to a local farmer for animal feed supplement.

A brief description of programs and/or practices to track and reduce post-consumer food waste:
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A brief description of the institution's provision of reusable and/or third party certified compostable to-go containers for to-go food and beverage items (in conjunction with a composting program):
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A brief description of the institution's provision of reusable service ware for “dine in” meals and reusable and/or third party certified compostable service ware for to-go meals (in conjunction with a composting program):
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A brief description of any discounts offered to customers who use reusable containers (e.g. mugs) instead of disposable or compostable containers in to-go food service operations:
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A brief description of other dining services waste minimization programs and initiatives:
Trayless dining adopted in Student Center Cafe and Campus Center Dining Hall.

The website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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