Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.41
Liaison Sean MacInnes
Submission Date Dec. 15, 2011
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University of North Carolina, Greensboro
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.51 / 5.00 Trey McDonald
Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainability Office
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Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
640.10 Tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
66.70 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
1,568.11 Tons

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
648.80 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
56.78 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
1,323.98 Tons

On-campus residents, 2005:
3,923

Full-time, non-residential/commuter students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
9,905

Part-time, non-residential/commuter students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
3,785

On-campus residents, performance year:
4,292

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
12,253

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
4,601

The website URL where information about the institution’s waste reduction initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Population numbers are available via the Office of Institutional Research. The Fact Book and the Common Data Set reports contain most of the information used here. Also received information from Mark Davenport of the Office of Institutional Research. Recycling information was submitted by Ben Kunka, OWRR. Baseline year = 2005-06; performance year = 20010-11.


Population numbers are available via the Office of Institutional Research. The Fact Book and the Common Data Set reports contain most of the information used here. Also received information from Mark Davenport of the Office of Institutional Research. Recycling information was submitted by Ben Kunka, OWRR. Baseline year = 2005-06; performance year = 20010-11.

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