Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.43
Liaison Tony Gillund
Submission Date Sept. 12, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

The Ohio State University at Newark
OP-20: Electronic Waste Recycling Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Howard Imhof
Director, Information Technology Services Department
Information Technology Services Department
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Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish all electronic waste generated by the institution and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Yes

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Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Yes

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A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:
All PC work is done in secured work spaces which are cleaned on a daily basis. Computer Asset management records are updated with warranty information and replacement parts. Work spaces are clean and free of hazards.

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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for institution-generated materials:
We use “Resource” as our disposal vendor. In accordance with OSU Security Policy, all computers are disk wiped using low level formatting tools prior to disposal.

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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for student-generated materials :
All PC Tech in ITS are Dell certified and authorized to perform warranty work. Old parts etc. are disposed of via our “Resource” vendor and in accordance with policy

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The website URL where information about the e-waste recycling program is available:
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