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-18: Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.45 / 3.00 Ken Fletcher
Director of Custodial Services
Service Center
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Materials recycled, composted, reused, donated, re-sold, or otherwise diverted :
124.28 Tons

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

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

Single-stream recycling is all over campus. Pre- and post-consumer waste composting is in all dining halls and bins are located at the student center. Paper is reused at the copy center to make single-sided notepads. Move-out has Goodwill donation bins in every dorm and is picked up four times as students leave campus for the summer. The Bookstore collects and resells or donates old text books.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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