Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 34.79
Liaison Matt Wolsfeld
Submission Date Oct. 24, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

University of Saskatchewan
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 5.00 Monica Enns
Waste Prevention Coordinator
Facilities Management Division
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
135.37 Metric tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
0 Metric tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
1,297.88 Metric tons

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
280.90 Metric tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
0 Metric tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
1,652.44 Metric tons

On-campus residents, 2005:
1,487

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
17,952
+ Date Revised: July 30, 2012

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
5,823
+ Date Revised: July 30, 2012

On-campus residents, performance year:
1,487

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
17,797
+ Date Revised: July 30, 2012

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
6,851
+ Date Revised: July 30, 2012

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

The Campus Recycling Program
recycles the following materials in receptacles stationed throughout campus:
beverage containers, glass, plastic, metal, clean food plastic, uncontaminated lab plastic, batteries, cell phones, toner cartridges, electronics and paint. This material is sorted at the Waste Management Centre. Beverage containers are returned to SARCAN (a recycling division of Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres, which strives to provides employment for people with disabilities) for renvenue which is then invested back into the recycling program to employ students. Paper and cardboard are also recycled in separate bins on Campus.


The Campus Recycling Program
recycles the following materials in receptacles stationed throughout campus:
beverage containers, glass, plastic, metal, clean food plastic, uncontaminated lab plastic, batteries, cell phones, toner cartridges, electronics and paint. This material is sorted at the Waste Management Centre. Beverage containers are returned to SARCAN (a recycling division of Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres, which strives to provides employment for people with disabilities) for renvenue which is then invested back into the recycling program to employ students. Paper and cardboard are also recycled in separate bins on Campus.

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