Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	49.75
Liaison	Keaton Schrank
Submission Date	April 26, 2016
Executive Letter	Download

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Westminster University - Utah
OP-23: Waste Diversion

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.64 / 3.00	Rosanise Odell Sustainability Fellow Environmental Center

"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Materials diverted from the solid waste landfill or incinerator:

59.41 Tons

Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :

218.11 Tons

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate, including efforts made during the previous three years:

- ASW (Associated Students of Westminster) has recently started to decrease waste at student events, through promotion of composting and recycling .
- The campus garden composts its own waste and pre-consumer waste from food services, and re-uses in the garden.
- All residence halls have recycling bins, they are passed out at move in.
- Recycling in all buildings, and new and improved signs above cans to promote recycling.
- Glass-recycling provided at the Shaw Student Center and on the Eco-living floor of one Freshman residence hall.
- 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.
- Campus has recently implemented printing restrictions for all students.
- Implementation of reusable Eco-Container program on campus to reduce to-go waste from cafeteria.

A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:

We do not have any food donation programs.

A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:

The campus food service provider, Bon Appetit, composts pre-consumer fruit and vegetable scraps.

A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:

We have a post-consumer composting pilot program on the Green Living floor in one of the dorms on campus.

Does the institution include the following materials in its waste diversion efforts?:

	Yes or No
Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers	Yes
Food donations	No
Food for animals	Yes
Food composting	Yes
Cooking oil	Yes
Plant materials composting	Yes
Animal bedding composting	Yes
Batteries	Yes
Light bulbs	No
Toner/ink-jet cartridges	Yes
White goods (i.e. appliances)	Yes
Laboratory equipment	Yes
Furniture	Yes
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste	Yes
Scrap metal	Yes
Pallets	Yes
Motor oil	Yes
Tires	Yes

Other materials that the institution includes in its waste diversion efforts:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The waste data (in tons) we received was only for seven months of the year, we found a monthly average and estimated the yearly amounts by multiplying by 12. The following is the data we received:

Single Stream Recycling Weight (tons):
January-3.72
February-4.13
March-4.02
April-5.65
May-5.62
June-5.35
July-5.07
Monthly average: 4.79
12-month estimation: 57.53
Cardboard collected in April-0.23
Glass recycled: 1.65

Total Waste Diverted/Recycled: 59.41 tons

Trash/Landfill Waste Weight (tons):
January-16.29
February-20.19
March-14.93
April-22.09
May-17.23
June-19.98
July-15.19
Monthly average: 17.98
12-month estimation: 215.82
C&D Waste: 2.29

Total Waste Disposed in Landfill: 218.11 tons

Data source(s) and notes about the submission