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
Existing Tons Recycled Proposed Tons Recycled Feasibility of Proposed
Newspaper 118 480 Yes, proven revenue generation
Cardboard 325 1120 Yes, potential cost savings
Mixed Paper 426 1272 Yes, potential cost savings
Bottles/Cans 0.8 30 No, minimal tons diverted, costs exceed current recycling and disposal costs
Organics 0 385 Marginal feasibility, collection costs exceed current disposal costs
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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