Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.93
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
OP-T2-42: Move-In Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Ezra Small
Sustainability Manager
Physical Plant
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

None
Does the institution have a program to reduce residence hall move-in waste?:
Yes

None
A brief description of the program:
Each semester Residential Life partners with the Office of Waste Management and Sustainable UMass to provide centralized recycling and reuse stations for cardboard boxes outside of each housing cluster. Students and parents are guided by signage as part of a campus wide Sustainable Move-In program.

None
The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In 2014, UMass has partnered with the Post-Landfill Action Network to organize the first ever UMass Amherst reuse tagsale.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.