Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.81
Liaison Stephanie Del Rosario
Submission Date Sept. 11, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

California State University, Fullerton
OP-23: Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.54 / 3.00 Kevin Mattson
Sustainable Waste Management Specialist
Facilities Operations
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Materials diverted from the solid waste landfill or incinerator:
6,059.10 Tons

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Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator :
5,708.12 Tons

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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:
What follows is a description of programs in place between 2010-2013. WARE Disposal was the campus' waste vendor. Collection points on campus were single-stream. 5,751.91 tons were recovered and diverted at an offsite facility from the 11,488.61 tons collected from WARE in 2013. All confidential shredding is shredded and recycled with Recall - 117.45 tons. Scrap metal is collected and recycled through SA Metals - 44.75 tons. Ewaste on campus is disposed of properly and sent to an ecycling facility - 17.77 tons. Cooking grease from campus food vendors is diverted to One More Time, Inc - 1.77 tons.

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A brief description of any food donation programs employed by the institution:
Dining Managers actively plan and prepare to avoid a daily surplus of food. However, if an excess occurs, they donate supplies to a local shelter, the Fullerton Woman’s Transitional Living Center. The food donations primarily come from the TSU food court, OC choice catering, and Starbucks. The program has been active for over 4 years.

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A brief description of any pre-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
The Housing Dining, the Gastronome, uses a garbage disposal to pulp all pre-consumer food waste. The Arboretum picks up the Gastronome's food waste about 3 times a week - the equivalent of 180 gallons of kitchen scraps. The Arboretum employs windrow composting to divert approximately 1,443 pounds of food waste per month - 9.24 tons annually. This diversion program is not consistently in effect.

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A brief description of any post-consumer food waste composting program employed by the institution:
No post-consumer food waste programs exist. Due to employing windrow composting on campus at the Arboretum, we are restricted to food waste composting only. Expanding to post-consumer food waste would include napkins, paper, and compostable cutlery. The Arboretum does not have the infrastructure to properly compost this material.

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 Yes
Food for animals ---
Food composting Yes
Cooking oil Yes
Plant materials composting Yes
Animal bedding composting ---
Batteries Yes
Light bulbs Yes
Toner/ink-jet cartridges Yes
White goods (i.e. appliances) ---
Laboratory equipment ---
Furniture Yes
Residence hall move-in/move-out waste Yes
Scrap metal Yes
Pallets Yes
Motor oil Yes
Tires Yes

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Other materials that the institution includes in its waste diversion efforts:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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