Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.66
Liaison Meghna Tare
Submission Date Feb. 1, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of Texas at Arlington
OP-17: Waste Reduction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 5.00 Meghna Tare
Director
Office of Sustainability
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Weight of materials recycled, 2005 baseline year :
445.87 Metric tons

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Weight of materials composted, 2005 baseline year :
9.04 Metric tons

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Weight of materials disposed as garbage, 2005 baseline year :
0 Metric tons

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Weight of materials recycled, performance year :
447.48 Metric tons

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Weight of materials composted, performance year :
27.96 Metric tons

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Weight of materials disposed as garbage, performance year :
2,059.61 Metric tons

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List the start and end dates of the waste reduction performance year:
Sept 2011-Aug 2012

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On-campus residents, 2005:
4,402

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Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
17,394

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Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, 2005:
9,448

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On-campus residents, performance year:
4,271

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Non-residential/commuter full-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
19,665

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Non-residential/commuter part-time students, faculty, and staff members, performance year:
14,756

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Time period for weighted campus user (list the consecutive 12 month period that most closely overlaps with waste reduction performance year):
Sept 2011-Aug 2012

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Indication of whether institution has a stated commitment to waste-reduction goals, such as zero waste:
No

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A brief description of the plan of action to achieve waste reduction goals:
http://www.uta.edu/sustainability/initiatives/waste-reduction/RecyclingPolicy.pdf UTA has adopted a recycling policy and has a waste diversion rate of 23%

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The website URL where information about the institution’s waste reduction initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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