Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.45
Liaison Sean MacInnes
Submission Date Feb. 20, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of North Carolina, Greensboro
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.57 / 5.00 Trey McDonald
Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainability Office
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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 :
617.78 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
153.53 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
1,239.35 Tons

List the start and end dates of the waste reduction performance year:
July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012

On-campus residents, 2005:
3,923

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
9,905

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
3,785

On-campus residents, performance year:
3,977

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
12,809

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
4,343

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with waste reduction performance year):
July 2011 - June 2012

Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to waste-reduction goals, such as zero waste:
Yes

A brief description of the plan of action to achieve waste reduction goals:

Increase education and awareness of the campus community regarding their purchasing practices as well as how to appropriately dispose of their various wastes. Improve the campus reuse and recycling infrastructure. Participate in Recyclemania. Establish waste reduction goals in both the UNCG Sustainability Matrix and within UNCG's Climate Action Plan.


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. Information was also received from Mark Davenport of the Office of Institutional Research. Recycling information was submitted by Ben Kunka, OWRR. Baseline year = 2005-06; performance year = 2011-12.


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. Information was also received from Mark Davenport of the Office of Institutional Research. Recycling information was submitted by Ben Kunka, OWRR. Baseline year = 2005-06; performance year = 2011-12.

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