Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.09
Liaison Mark Klapatch-Mathias
Submission Date April 15, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of Wisconsin-River Falls
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 5.00 Mark Klapatch
Sustainability and Custodial Supervisor
Facilities Management
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
179.22 Tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
67.50 Tons

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

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
237.50 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
81 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
687.63 Tons

List the start and end dates of the waste reduction performance year:
01/01/2012-12/31/2012

On-campus residents, 2005:
2,274

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
4,539

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
0

On-campus residents, performance year:
2,450

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
4,240

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
0

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with waste reduction performance year):
01/01/2012-12/31/2012

Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to waste-reduction goals, such as zero waste:
No

A brief description of the plan of action to achieve waste reduction goals:
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The website URL where information about the institution’s waste reduction initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

On-campus and commuter residents are not specifically tracked at the University at this time. Calculations were made based on the
assumptions used in the Clean Air-Cool Planet Campus Carbon Calculator and reported on the ACUPCC website's Greenhouse Gas
Inventory. These assumptions used the average residence hall population and assumed those students to be residential, non-commuter
students, leaving 64% of the student base as a commuter population. Similarly, 90% of the faculty and staff population were considered
to be commuter population and were calculated as such for the purposes of this credit.
Part-time students are also not tracked at the University at this time. All data reported for this credit is identical to the data reported on
the ACUPCC website.
The measurement used for materials composted is in cubic yards; UWRF had 100CY of composted materials in the baseline (2005) year and 120CY in the performance (2012). Weight of materials composted was calculated using 1350 pounds per cubic yard from
http://www.google.com/urlsa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mass.gov%2Fdep%2Frecycle%2Fapprovals%2Fdsconv.pdf&rct=j&q=weigh%20of%20cubic%20yard%20compost&ei=EQ43TsWiNeKosQLCkImhDw&usg=AFQjCNEcjGGdevhNKRVmVnYDpy1BWX_NCw&cad=rja


On-campus and commuter residents are not specifically tracked at the University at this time. Calculations were made based on the
assumptions used in the Clean Air-Cool Planet Campus Carbon Calculator and reported on the ACUPCC website's Greenhouse Gas
Inventory. These assumptions used the average residence hall population and assumed those students to be residential, non-commuter
students, leaving 64% of the student base as a commuter population. Similarly, 90% of the faculty and staff population were considered
to be commuter population and were calculated as such for the purposes of this credit.
Part-time students are also not tracked at the University at this time. All data reported for this credit is identical to the data reported on
the ACUPCC website.
The measurement used for materials composted is in cubic yards; UWRF had 100CY of composted materials in the baseline (2005) year and 120CY in the performance (2012). Weight of materials composted was calculated using 1350 pounds per cubic yard from
http://www.google.com/urlsa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mass.gov%2Fdep%2Frecycle%2Fapprovals%2Fdsconv.pdf&rct=j&q=weigh%20of%20cubic%20yard%20compost&ei=EQ43TsWiNeKosQLCkImhDw&usg=AFQjCNEcjGGdevhNKRVmVnYDpy1BWX_NCw&cad=rja

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