Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	76.93
Liaison	Ezra Small
Submission Date	March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.99 / 8.00	Ezra Small Sustainability Manager Physical Plant

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Parts 1 and 2. Waste per person

Figures needed to determine total waste generated (and diverted):

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Materials recycled	1,606 Tons	1,425 Tons
Materials composted	2,411 Tons	1,937.50 Tons
Materials donated or re-sold	62 Tons	0 Tons
Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion	0 Tons	0 Tons
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator	3,207 Tons	3,243 Tons
Total waste generated	7,286 Tons	6,605.50 Tons

If reporting post-recycling residual conversion, provide:

A brief description of the residual conversion facility:

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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):

	Start Date	End Date
Performance Period	July 1, 2018	June 30, 2019
Baseline Period	July 1, 2008	June 30, 2009

If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:

A brief description of when and why the waste generation baseline was adopted:

2008-2009 is our baseline year for Part 1 of this credit because that year is the earliest year of waste data available.

Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Number of students resident on-site	13,721	12,420
Number of employees resident on-site	62	0
Number of other individuals resident on-site	0	0
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment	29,175	26,693.80
Full-time equivalent of employees	7,074	6,254.40
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education	4,204	612
Weighted campus users	27,479.50	27,357.15

Total waste generated per weighted campus user:

	Performance Year	Baseline Year
Total waste generated per weighted campus user	0.27 Tons	0.24 Tons

Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:

Part 3. Waste diverted from the landfill or incinerator

Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator by recycling, composting, donating or re-selling, performance year:

55.98

Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):

55.98

In the waste figures reported above, has the institution recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold the following materials?:

	Yes or No
Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers	Yes
Food	Yes
Cooking oil	Yes
Plant materials	Yes
Animal bedding	Yes
White goods (i.e. appliances)	Yes
Electronics	Yes
Laboratory equipment	Yes
Furniture	Yes
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste	Yes
Scrap metal	Yes
Pallets	Yes
Tires	Yes
Other (please specify below)	No

A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:

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Optional Fields

Active Recovery and Reuse

Materials intended for disposal but subsequently recovered and reused on campus, performance year:

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Recycling Management

Does the institution use single stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:

Yes

Does the institution use dual stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:

Does the institution use multi-stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:

Contamination and Discard Rates

Average contamination rate for the institution’s recycling program:

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A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:

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Programs and Initiatives

A brief description of the institution's waste-related behavior change initiatives:

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A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:

A Campus Wide Waste Assessment Study was commissioned by the Office of Waste Management in 2019-2020. Consultants included DSM COnsulting Engineers, Kessler Consulting, and MSW Consultants.

A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:

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A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:

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A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:

The Offices of the UMass Controller and of Procurement determine procedures for the purchase, transfer and disposition of University property – generally referred to as “Equipment.”

Equipment is defined as durable-repairable items (5 years or more life) having an estimated purchase value of $1,000 or more. The UMass Property Office presently tracks and applies UMA barcodes to equipment valued over $1,000 and to computers - regardless of purchase value. There is still equipment in circulation that was marked with UMA barcodes before the $1,000 threshold was established.

When OWM’s Moving Crew picks up equipment at the customer's office, we require that all items to be disposed be listed on Surplus Equipment Disposal Form (S.E.D.) so that wanted items are not mistakenly removed. For large quantity items (pcs, chairs) a single description should be provided along with the quantity of the item. For departmental deliveries to the WRTF/OWM office, only equipment with UMA tags and computers/memory storage devices must be listed on the S.E.D.

A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:

Students only receive a credit of five dollars on their student card for free printing. After that five dollars students must pay for their own printing.

A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:

UMass Amherst has its course catalogue online (SPIRE) where students can sign up for classes. The website provides students with their schedule as well as other important information such as their bill and major requirements. The University does not print a course catalog.

UMass also has People Finder attached to our main website to locate faculty and students so that they may contacted. It is the campus directory.

A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:

UMass Amherst has one of the largest reuse sustainable move-out programs in the country.
https://www.umass.edu/sustainability/waste-recycling/green-events/new2u-sustainable-move-out

A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:

UMass Residential Life partners with IRN to recover and donate residential hall unwanted furniture. UMASS Amherst’s absolute commitment to reuse over the last 13 years has resulted in 4,699,978 pounds (2,349 tons) of furniture and equipment diverted from the landfill, and placed in the hands of those that need it most.

IRN: The Reuse Network
7 South State St. Concord, NH 03301
Rep: Dave Smith (603-568-5300)
www.irnsurplus.com

Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:

http://www.umass.edu/recycle

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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