University Of Utah

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University Of Utah

• Enhanced Recycling Program

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Why Recycle?

• Environmental Stewardship
• Sustainability Leadership
• Extend the Life of the Landfills
• Improve the Ecology
• Its The Right Thing To Do

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Recycling Background

• Administration and student collaboration have
  been the impetus for recycling.
• Participation in the recycling program has been
  on a volunteer basis.
• The campus has been recycling 17 of the waste
  stream.
• Sustainability awareness makes the time right to
  expand the recycling program.

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Casscadia Consultants

• Administration and students partnered with a
  recycling consulting company named Casscadia.
• Casscadia audited the campus waste stream,
  collected and documented the following data.

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Cascadia ConsultingWaste Audit

• Campus-Wide Waste Composition

Mixed Waste 27.3
Recyclable Paper 39.9
Other Compostables 7.2
Food Waste 11.0
Other Recyclables 14.6
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Cascadia Consulting Feasibility Study
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Proposed Changes in the Recycling Program

• Coordinate and centralize recycling efforts
• Expand recycled paper program
• Implement a cardboard recycling program

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Proposed ChangesEnhance Paper Recycling

• Provide recycling containers in offices,
  classrooms, labs, etc.
• Building occupants sort recyclables
• Custodial
• empties recycling containers
• consolidates recyclables in building
• moves containers to curb for pick up
• Waste paper taken to recycler
• Recycler pays for paper received

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Recycling Partners

• Custodial collects recyclable paper
• Ace hauls paper
• Weyerhaeuser recycles collected paper
• Office Pack - 115.00 130.00 per ton
• Mixed Paper 35.00 per ton

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Recycling In The Office

• Office Pack paper will be collected in offices.
• Sort, separate office pack from trash.
• Place office pack in recycling container.
• Custodial will collect office pack paper on a
  weekly schedule.
• Do not contaminate recycling waste stream.

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Office Pack Paper Container
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Office Pack Paper
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Contaminated Recycling Container
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Recycling In Public Areas

• Mixed Paper will be collected in public areas
  (classrooms, labs, halls, etc.)
• Sort, separate mixed paper from trash.
• Place mixed paper in recycling container.
• Custodial will collect mixed paper.
• Do not contaminate recycling waste stream.

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Mixed Paper
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Hallway/Curbside Containers

• Expanded opportunities for consolidation

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Proposed ChangesEnhance Cardboard Recycling

• Cost effective only when compacted bailed
• Wet cardboard is not marketable
• Establish a central cardboard recycling station
• A shelter for compactor/bailer dry storage
• Coordinate all cardboard collection
• Purchase Cardboard Bailer (August 2007)
• Implementation of cardboard center
  (Aug 2007)

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Implementation

• Purchase recycling containers (June 1, 2007)
• Establish hauling contracts (Completed)
• Establish haul collection routes (April 25,
  2007)
• Train staff on collection procedures (Now)
• Place recycling containers on campus (June 07)
• Build shelter compactor cardboard storage (July
  16, 2007)
• Educate campus community about changes (Start Now
  On going)

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Impact of Proposed Recycling Enhancements

• Visible University commitment to environmental
  stewardship
• Recycling levels significantly increase
• A recycling infrastructure will exist for
  continued recycling expansion

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Recycling Awareness Education

• Communication of recycling efforts
• Plant Operations will collect, record document
  recycling tonnage
• Education to campus community
• Plant Operations, ASUU, other campus groups
  will promote recycling

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Recycle Mania 2008

• January 2008 through April 2008
• A friendly competition among college and
  university recycling programs.
• Largest amount of recyclables per capita
• Largest amount of total recyclables
• Least amount of trash per capita or the highest
  recycling rate