Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.13
Liaison Elizabeth Drake
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Swarthmore College
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 1.00 Melissa Tier
Sustainability Program Manager
Office of Sustainability
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
1,369.41 Tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
1,369.41 Tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
50

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate for construction and demolition waste:

We have a policy on construction waste and reporting from the College's design standards. The submission of a Construction Waste Management Plan is required to explain how the project will achieve the minimum landfill diversion rate of 75% for nonhazardous solid waste from the project.

Website: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M0ieK6eGW7GQwHho3p2lATe6ndymaaStdBJEl79kHVM/edit


Website URL where information about the institution’s C&D waste diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The data for this credit was assembled by representatives from the Office of Sustainability and a third party partnership with a waste consultant.


The data for this credit was assembled by representatives from the Office of Sustainability and a third party partnership with a waste consultant.

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