Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.16
Liaison Scott Doyle
Submission Date Oct. 25, 2022

STARS v2.2

Ithaca College
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.51 / 1.00 Scott Doyle
Director
Energy Management and Sustainability
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
158.28 Metric tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
151.27 Metric tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
51.13

Optional Fields 

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate for construction and demolition waste:
As a part of a 2022 demolition of a temporary office building on campus, IC worked carefully to assess opportunities to reuse building materials such as office doors, tires, and furniture. Demolished materials were then sorted and materials that could be recycled - including metal and clean fill. Our campus doesn't conduct much demolition, but when it does it works according to campus policy to divert as much waste as possible from the landfill.

Website URL where information about the institution’s C&D waste diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Based on demolition of Rothschild temporary office space in Summer 2022 which included 166.75 tons of landfilled construction debris, 138.47 tons of clean fill and 36 tons of scrap metal. A total of 174.47 tons of debris (majority of debris) was diverted from the landfill (noted by contractor Contentos, 2022).

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