Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 38.68
Liaison Eric Meliton
Submission Date Nov. 22, 2010
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

Wilfrid Laurier University
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.06 / 5.00 James Emary
Area Manager: Grounds Services
Physical Resources
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
508.39 Metric tons

Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
0 Metric tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
937.76 Metric tons

Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
571.07 Metric tons

Weight of materials composted, performance year :
78.02 Metric tons

Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
907.18 Metric tons

On-campus residents, 2005:
2,754

Full-time, non-residential/commuter students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
10,153

Part-time, non-residential/commuter students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
2,854

On-campus residents, performance year:
3,456

Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
12,011

Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
3,472

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

Performance year = 2008.

Since an official waste audit was not conducted in 2005, there isn't any data that is readily publicly available. Internal documentation has the following 2005 waste data on file:

Materials recycled:
- 254 metric tonnes of mixed paper
- 63.6 metric tonnes of mixed containers
- 242.8 metric tonnes of cardboard

Materials Composted: none

Materials disposed as garbage: 1033.7 metric tonnes


Performance year = 2008.

Since an official waste audit was not conducted in 2005, there isn't any data that is readily publicly available. Internal documentation has the following 2005 waste data on file:

Materials recycled:
- 254 metric tonnes of mixed paper
- 63.6 metric tonnes of mixed containers
- 242.8 metric tonnes of cardboard

Materials Composted: none

Materials disposed as garbage: 1033.7 metric tonnes

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