| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 47.57 |
| Liaison | Keaton Schrank |
| Submission Date | June 9, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Westminster University - Utah
OP-18: Waste Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.27 / 3.00 |
Kerry
Case Environmental Director Environmental Center |
Materials recycled, composted, reused, donated, re-sold, or otherwise diverted :
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate:
- ASWC (Associated Students of Westminster College) has recently started to decrease waste at student events, through promotion of composting and recycling .
- The campus garden composts its own waste, and re-uses in the garden.
- In all residence halls there is recycling- bins are passed out at move in.
- Recycling in all buildings, and signs above cans to promote recycling.
- Since glass recycling isn’t publicly available in Salt Lake City, we promote it through a glass-recycling drop off on campus in the Meldrum Science Center.
- The overall lab chemical waste has decreased since moving to Meldrum, the new science building. More space, better facilities and better organization has lead to a decrease of chemical waste.
- The Sustainability Fellows campaign to reduce paper use 20% in 2010, in the Papercut campaign.
- Westminster participates in the national Think Out Side the Bottle challenge, reducing plastic bottle waste.
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