Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 69.92 |
Liaison | Chang Tzau-Chau |
Submission Date | March 3, 2022 |
National Taiwan Normal University
OP-18: Waste Minimization and Diversion
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.72 / 8.00 |
Chang
Tzau-Chau Professor Graduate Institute of Environmental Education |
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Parts 1 and 2. Waste per person
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Materials recycled | 109.80 Metric tons | 162.03 Metric tons |
Materials composted | 16.26 Metric tons | 21.64 Metric tons |
Materials donated or re-sold | 1 Metric tons | 1 Metric tons |
Materials disposed through post-recycling residual conversion | 0 Metric tons | 0 Metric tons |
Materials disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator | 760.50 Metric tons | 879.68 Metric tons |
Total waste generated | 887.56 Metric tons | 1,064.35 Metric tons |
If reporting post-recycling residual conversion, provide:
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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date | End Date | |
Performance Period | Jan. 1, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2020 |
Baseline Period | Jan. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2019 |
If end date of the baseline year/period is 2004 or earlier, provide:
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Figures needed to determine "Weighted Campus Users”:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Number of students resident on-site | 4,057 | 4,145 |
Number of employees resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Number of other individuals resident on-site | 0 | 0 |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment | 15,920 | 15,582 |
Full-time equivalent of employees | 1,672 | 1,707 |
Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education | 0 | 0 |
Weighted campus users | 14,208.25 | 14,003 |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user:
Performance Year | Baseline Year | |
Total waste generated per weighted campus user | 0.06 Metric tons | 0.08 Metric tons |
Percentage reduction in total waste generated per weighted campus user from baseline:
17.81
Part 3. Waste diverted from the landfill or incinerator
14.32
Percentage of materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator (including up to 10 percent attributable to post-recycling residual conversion):
14.32
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 | Yes |
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 | Yes |
Scrap metal | Yes |
Pallets | No |
Tires | No |
Other (please specify below) | No |
A brief description of other materials the institution has recycled, composted, donated and/or re-sold:
Waste is divided into laboratory waste, general waste, resource recycling, food waste composting, and waste auction, all of which are signed with professional manufacturers for removal and disposal.
Optional Fields
Active Recovery and Reuse
0
Metric tons
Recycling Management
Yes
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?:
Yes
Contamination and Discard Rates
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A brief description of any recycling quality control mechanisms employed:
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Programs and Initiatives
1. Fully implement the "prohibition of providing free disposable chopsticks and spoons" of the university.
2. Promote the "Taiwan Normal University Campus Plastic Reduction Protocol" to reduce the use of plastic and disposable items in order to practice energy-saving, carbon-reduction, and sustainable campus life.
2. Promote the "Taiwan Normal University Campus Plastic Reduction Protocol" to reduce the use of plastic and disposable items in order to practice energy-saving, carbon-reduction, and sustainable campus life.
A brief description of the institution's waste audits and other initiatives to assess its materials management efforts and identify areas for improvement:
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A brief description of the institution's procurement policies designed to prevent waste:
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A brief description of the institution's surplus department or formal office supplies exchange program that facilitates reuse of materials:
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A brief description of the institution's platforms to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse:
The university library system has a used book sharing website to encourage peer-to-peer exchange and reuse.
https://www.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/2books/2books.jsp?pid=C11D954F-1B5F-C029-0E28-2996606A0481
https://www.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/2books/2books.jsp?pid=C11D954F-1B5F-C029-0E28-2996606A0481
A brief description of the institution's limits on paper and ink consumption:
1. Paper is a "designated procurement item" for green procurement, and must be environmentally friendly product.
2. University meeting documents are presented on tablet computers, instead of printed papers.
3. Double-sided printed paper documents are encouraged for all the meetings.
2. University meeting documents are presented on tablet computers, instead of printed papers.
3. Double-sided printed paper documents are encouraged for all the meetings.
A brief description of the institution's initiatives to make materials available online by default rather than printing them:
1. The university uses an online official document system to reduce the printing of official documents.
2. The university uses an educational administration website system to announce course catalogs, course schedules and directories.
3. Meeting materials and records are transmitted or announced via electronic files instead of printed papers.
2. The university uses an educational administration website system to announce course catalogs, course schedules and directories.
3. Meeting materials and records are transmitted or announced via electronic files instead of printed papers.
A brief description of the institution's program to reduce residence hall move-in/move-out waste:
The university holds flee market and reusable stuff exchange activities while students move in and move out dormitory every semester.
A brief description of the institution's programs or initiatives to recover and reuse other materials intended for disposal:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s waste minimization and diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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