Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.13
Liaison Jay Price
Submission Date Oct. 12, 2011
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STARS v1.1

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
OP-18: Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.38 / 3.00 Preston Jacobsen
Sustainability Manager
Facilities Services
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Materials recycled, composted, reused, donated, re-sold, or otherwise diverted :
1,224.68 Tons

Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
8,505.48 Tons

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate:

UT Recycling actively engages the campus community with recycling, composting and waste diversion programs, including RecycleMania, the POWER Challenge, light bulb exchanges and residence hall move-out collection events.


Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Diversion total includes recycling, composting and move-out collection in campus residence halls.

Materials disposed in a landfill or incinerator excludes C&D waste.


Diversion total includes recycling, composting and move-out collection in campus residence halls.

Materials disposed in a landfill or incinerator excludes C&D waste.

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