Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.81
Liaison Sb Loder
Submission Date Nov. 12, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

The College of Wooster
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.00 / 5.00 Ken Fletcher
Director of Custodial Services
Service Center
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
243.80 Tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
0 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
1,221.30 Tons

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
74.28 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
48.50 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
132.63 Tons

List the start and end dates of the waste reduction performance year:
7/1/11 to 6/30/12

On-campus residents, 2005:
1,683

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
633

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
36

On-campus residents, performance year:
2,022

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
584

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
36

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with waste reduction performance year):
7/1/11 to 6/30/12

Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to waste-reduction goals, such as zero waste:
No

A brief description of the plan of action to achieve waste reduction goals:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s waste reduction initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The numbers for the 2005 baseline were obtained from an extrapolation of three years of data, beginning in 2008. Because of a contract change in 2008, we have no data before this year.


The numbers for the 2005 baseline were obtained from an extrapolation of three years of data, beginning in 2008. Because of a contract change in 2008, we have no data before this year.

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