| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.49 |
| Liaison | Dedee DeLongpre Johnston |
| Submission Date | May 9, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Wake Forest University
OP-17: Waste Reduction
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.00 / 5.00 |
Jim
Alty AVP F&CS |
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Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
573.60
Tons
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Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
409.57
Tons
None
Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
1,520
Tons
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Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
1,849.28
Tons
None
Weight of materials composted, performance year :
689.69
Tons
None
Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
1,489.71
Tons
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List the start and end dates of the waste reduction performance year:
January 1, 2011-December 31st, 2011
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On-campus residents, 2005:
3,009
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Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
4,878
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Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
162
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On-campus residents, performance year:
3,275
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Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
5,169
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Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
155
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Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with waste reduction performance year):
January-December 2011
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Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to waste-reduction goals, such as zero waste:
Yes
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A brief description of the plan of action to achieve waste reduction goals:
Wake Forest University is currently developing its waste reduction goals as part of the University's long term Sustainability Strategic plan (with input from stakeholders campus-wide), so campus-wide implementation goals were not undertaken in 2011.
However, many small initiatives and efforts were undertaken to educate students, staff and faculty on waste reduction, such as smart purchasing options; as well as the growth of the relatively new Surplus program that provides the university with the opportunity to re-use items throughout campus instead of buying new.
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The website URL where information about the institution’s waste reduction initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The manager of waste reduction and recycling is a new position hired in December, 2010. Specific data for each waste stream has been recorded for 2010. Waste and Recycling data was collected for many years before this, but it is not broken down enough to calculate and complete this submission with the desired level of accuracy. Please see the notes below for details on how numbers were reached:
2007 was used as the base year because data for 2005 was not available. The numbers of students/faculty/staff also correlate with a 2006/07 baseline.
All data has been recorded for the calendar year (January to December) and therefore reported in that way.
Compost data for the baseline year is data for yard waste (as all of our yard waste is re-used/composted in various ways).
We added surplus furniture as a new category to our waste diversion totals for 2010. We have plans to facilitate the growth of this program in the coming years. Surplus Furniture accounted for 27.37 tons of total waste diverted from the landfill for 2010.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.