Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.33
Liaison Olivia Shehan
Submission Date May 31, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Wellesley College
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.11 / 5.00 Patrick Willoughby
Sustainability Director
Facilities
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
180.50 Tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
450.56 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
1,207.95 Tons

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
160.83 Tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
357.03 Tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
1,100.24 Tons

List the start and end dates of the waste reduction performance year:
January 1, 2010; December 31, 2010

On-campus residents, 2005:
2,107

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
1,109

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
478

On-campus residents, performance year:
2,112

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
1,069

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
466

Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with waste reduction performance year):
January 1, 2010; December 31, 2010

Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to waste-reduction goals, such as zero waste:
Yes

A brief description of the plan of action to achieve waste reduction goals:

Our goal is to increase the amount recycled to 25% of the waste stream while decreasing our total solid waste stream by 20% by 2013.


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

Because we switched our recycling facility in 2005, we only have data for the 2006 waste stream, which is what you see for the baseline year.


Because we switched our recycling facility in 2005, we only have data for the 2006 waste stream, which is what you see for the baseline year.

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