Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 78.28
Liaison Hannah Rushing
Submission Date Jan. 26, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Sterling College (VT)
OP-21: Hazardous Waste Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Kelly Jones
Manager
Buildings and Grounds
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Part 1 

Does the institution have strategies in place to safely dispose of all hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste and seek to minimize the presence of these materials on campus?:
Yes

A brief description of steps taken to reduce hazardous, special (e.g. coal ash), universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Paints are recycled; batteries and lightbulbs are all salvaged.

A brief description of how the institution safely disposes of hazardous, universal, and non-regulated chemical waste:
Our institution does not have a chemistry department, and therefore we have no chemical waste. Any other chemical waste would be disposed of with our regular waste management company, Casella.

A brief description of any significant hazardous material release incidents during the previous three years, including volume, impact and response/remediation:
None.

A brief description of any inventory system employed by the institution to facilitate the reuse or redistribution of laboratory chemicals:
We have no laboratory chemicals.

Part 2 

Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by the institution?:
Yes

Does the institution have or participate in a program to responsibly recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students?:
Yes

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program(s), including information about how electronic waste generated by the institution and/or students is recycled:
We currently contract out to Green Disk for our electronic waste recycling program. There are multiple pick-up sites on campus where community members can place e-waste for removal and recycling. We also recycle toner on campus by sending back to the companies' recycling programs.

Is the institution’s electronic waste recycler certified under the e-Stewards and/or Responsible Recycling (R2) standards?:
Yes

Optional Fields 

Electronic waste recycled or otherwise diverted from the landfill or incinerator during the most recent year for which data is available during the previous three years:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://greendisk.com/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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