| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 45.66 |
| Liaison | Stalin Espinal |
| Submission Date | March 2, 2023 |
City University of New York, Brooklyn College
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
5.15 / 8.00 |
Carrie
Sadovnik Director of Environmental Health and Safety Environmental Health & Safety |
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Parts 1 and 2. Waste per person
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Materials recycled | 41.65 Tons | 150 Tons |
| Materials composted | 0.84 Tons | 1 Tons |
| Materials donated or re-sold | 2.20 Tons | 1 Tons |
| Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion | 1 Tons | 1 Tons |
| Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator | 156.73 Tons | 490 Tons |
| Total waste generated | 202.42 Tons | 643 Tons |
If reporting post-recycling residual conversion, provide:
Department of sanitation takes the recyclables to sorting facilities.
Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
| Start Date | End Date | |
| Performance Period | July 1, 2020 | June 30, 2021 |
| Baseline Period | July 1, 2019 | June 30, 2020 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
From previous year. Measuring recycling, composting and waste generation is a critical element for developing and implementing sustainability. Measuring the amount and type of waste your facility generates provides you with information needed to help to reduce waste generation, track your progress toward the State's waste reduction goals and measure the amount of materials your facility diverts to recycling and composting.
Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Number of students resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
| Number of employees resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
| Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
| Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 10,512 | 15,201 |
| Full-time equivalent of employees | 1,238 | 1,857 |
| Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 3,205 | 616.50 |
| Weighted campus users | 6,408.75 | 12,331.13 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
| Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
| Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.03 Tons | 0.05 Tons |
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
39.43
Part 3. Waste diverted from the landfill or incinerator
22.08
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
22.57
In the waste figures reported above, has the institution recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold the following materials?:
| Yes or No | |
| Paper, plastics, glass, metals, and other recyclable containers | Yes |
| Food | Yes |
| Cooking oil | No |
| Plant materials | Yes |
| Animal bedding | No |
| White goods (i.e. appliances) | Yes |
| Electronics | Yes |
| Laboratory equipment | Yes |
| Furniture | Yes |
| Residence hall move-in/move-out waste | No |
| Scrap metal | Yes |
| Pallets | Yes |
| Tires | No |
| Other (please specify below) | Yes |
A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
Clothing, shoes, purses, gloves. scarves, hats, belts, towels, curtains, bedding, linens, rags and torn clothing
Optional Fields
Active Recovery and Reuse
0
Tons
Recycling Management
No
Does the institution use dual stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
Yes
Does the institution use multi-stream recycling to collect standard recyclables in common areas?:
No
Contamination and Discard Rates
0
A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
The college has expanded the recycling program, locating additional metal, glass and paper recycling bins in all public areas, in buildings and on the quads. We have also placed battery recycling tubes on the first floor of most buildings across campus to recycle alkaline and rechargeable batteries. We partnered with New York City Department of Sanitation and Housing Works to participate in the refashionNYC program. refashionNYC makes donating textile and clothing easy by having an on campus collection bin; ours is located in the cafeteria.
Programs and Initiatives
The college is launching new initiatives to encourage the college community to start new sustainable practices for example the Energy Saving Awareness Campaign provides offices with signs to decrease energy use and helpful tips to reduce their carbon footprint. We are also piloted a recycling program in administrative offices; this program was developed by Urban Sustainability Student Interns in collaboration with Custodial Services staff.
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
The data collected from both waste and mixed recycling, waste stations are set up to encourage the separation of recyclable material from garbage. In the past we incorporated food scrap collection from food services and the farm share to be turned in to compost at the garden. From the garbage rooms, material is collected daily by servicing staff and brought down to dumpsters area. Recommendations to implement an organics collection system to every building, study can be done in garbage rooms,
A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
Items can be redistribute if there is a surplus, refurbished, or new items should be sustainably sourced.
A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
NY State Finance Law regarding surplus property requires NYS Office of General Services to redistribute furniture that it receives as surplus, before utilizing take-back, recycling, or other options for disposition of any units that are still in operable condition.
A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
None
A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:
Purchased products should be composed of 100% post-consumer recycled content to the maximum extent practicable, ink should be water-based or vegetable based lithographic ink, purchase ink which meets or exceeds the Ecologo™ Certification Criteria Document for Printing Inks.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
Information Technology Services ensure that all offices have changed settings on
computers, copiers, faxes, printers, etc. reflecting paper reduction efforts. The college promotes a ‘Think before you Print’ culture, which includes the increased use of Blackboard as a paper-free resource and electronic distribution of flyers, memos, reports, purchase orders, obituaries and brochures.
computers, copiers, faxes, printers, etc. reflecting paper reduction efforts. The college promotes a ‘Think before you Print’ culture, which includes the increased use of Blackboard as a paper-free resource and electronic distribution of flyers, memos, reports, purchase orders, obituaries and brochures.
A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
None
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
None
Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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