Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.62
Liaison Eric O'Brien
Submission Date March 2, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

University of Northern Iowa
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.20 / 5.00 Eric O'Brien
University Sustainability Coordinator
Office of Sustainability
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Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
133.67 Tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
113.75 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
1,636.50 Tons

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
239.07 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
113.75 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
1,576.44 Tons

On-campus residents, 2005:
4,777

Full-time, non-residential/commuter students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
7,197
+ Date Revised: Feb. 9, 2012

Part-time, non-residential/commuter students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
2,650

On-campus residents, performance year:
4,719

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
7,842
+ Date Revised: Feb. 9, 2012

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
2,839

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

Compost at UNI is tracked in volume rather than weight. Weight conversions used were from the EPA Wastewise website at http://wastewise.tms.icfi.com/re-trac/Volume-to-WeightConversionFactors.pdf.

Performance year was considered FY 2010.

Waste numbers are from CFTS, BHC, and Denver.

Recycle numbers are from mixed paper recycling, cardboard (with City Carton), and information from Panther Pickup.


Compost at UNI is tracked in volume rather than weight. Weight conversions used were from the EPA Wastewise website at http://wastewise.tms.icfi.com/re-trac/Volume-to-WeightConversionFactors.pdf.

Performance year was considered FY 2010.

Waste numbers are from CFTS, BHC, and Denver.

Recycle numbers are from mixed paper recycling, cardboard (with City Carton), and information from Panther Pickup.

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