Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.51
Liaison Michele Hebert
Submission Date Aug. 26, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

University of Alaska Fairbanks
OP-18: Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.32 / 3.00 Darrin Edson
Superintendent of Operations
Facilities Services
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Materials recycled, composted, reused, donated, re-sold, or otherwise diverted :
445.36 Tons

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

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

Year to date figures for 2011 (January 1 to August 15th). Materials recycled include plastics, paper, aluminum, and glass. Also included are all materials signed out to departments by Surplus for reuse.

Also recycled on campus: paper, cardboard, plastics, glass, aluminum, ink/ toner cartridges, e-waste, batteries, clothing, coal ash and Dining service's protein scraps, food waste, and cooking oil.

http://www.uaf.edu/sustainability/getinvolved/recycle/


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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