| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.41 |
| Liaison | Deborah Steinberg |
| Submission Date | Feb. 18, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Carnegie Mellon University
OP-20: Electronic Waste Recycling Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Madelyn
Miller Director EH&S: Environmental Health & Safety |
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Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish all electronic waste generated by the institution and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Yes
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Does the institution have a program in place to recycle, reuse, and/or refurbish electronic waste generated by students and take measures to ensure that the electronic waste is recycled responsibly?:
Yes
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A brief description of steps taken to ensure that e-waste is recycled responsibly, workers’ basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met:
The goal of Carnegie Mellon University's Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Office is to handle e-waste recycling and hazardous waste disposal programs responsibly. As such, certain methods like keeping batteries stored properly, packaging light bulbs in boxes with closed lids, only accepting unbroken tubes and bulbs for recycling, etc. are used to ensure that the e-waste is recycled responsibly, basic safety is protected, and environmental standards are met.
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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for institution-generated materials:
The Environmental Health & Safety Office manages all e-waste recycling efforts. For the University, recyclable e-waste materials include computer monitors & towers, copy & fax machines, some computer peripherials, and light bulbs. Other e-waste items collected for recycling include alkaline & rechargable batteries, cell phones, toner, ink jet and copy machine cartridges and all other electronic devices and media.
Requests for pickups are made online, contractors pick up materials at the site of generation. The contractor is audited to ensure maximum level of recycling, plus data destruction.
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A brief description of the electronic waste recycling program for student-generated materials :
Requests for pickups are made online, contractors pick up materials at the site of generation. The contractor is audited to ensure maximum level of recycling, plus data destruction. At the end of the semester when quantities peak, additional collection and pick ups are scheduled.
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The website URL where information about the e-waste recycling program is available:
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