Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.29
Liaison Lindsey MacDonald
Submission Date Feb. 6, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Western Washington University
OP-T2-23: Landscape Waste Composting

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Gary Hodge
Supervisor of Outdoor Maintenance
Facilities Management
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Does the institution compost or mulch waste from grounds keeping, including grass trimmings?:
Yes

A brief description of the composting or mulching program:

WWU generates very little grass trimmings. 90 percent of the lawns are mulched to limit the amount of trimmings produced. The remaining trimmings are composted but our compost is made up primarily of leaves from campus.


The percentage of landscape waste that is mulched or composted onsite:
33

The percentage of landscape waste that is mulched or composted off-site:
66

The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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