Appendix - Waste Stream

• ¹ United States, Environmental Protection Agency, and Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. Municipal solid waste in the united states facts and figures . Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 2005.

Model Programs:

Allegheny: This is a report regarding the $100,000 composter Allegheny obtained through a grant.

Dickinson College: This is an article written by a Dickinson student from the class of ’07. The article discusses the expansion of Dickinson’s composting program and the success and benefits composting has brought to the school, the community and the environment.

Colorado College (Other): Colorado College instituted a successful composting facility . Colorado College worked with Green Mountain Technologies in order to create a composting process that fit in with the other duties of the school’s food provider, Sodexho. Colorado College instituted an Earth Tub behind their dining hall for easy composting and therefore waste reduction.

Ithaca College (Other): Ithaca College's aerated static-pile composting facility is located at the physical plant, and has been in operation since 1993. The college composts food waste from all of the dining halls. The link explains the composting project at Ithaca.

Connecticut College: Connecticut College has a policy to reduce the use of paper on campus. This document discusses various strategies that the college uses to reduce paper us.

 

SLU Success Stories:

• The SLU Reuse program gives an alternative to people for getting rid of their old furniture, appliances, computers, etc. Rather than throwing these items away and having them end up in a land fill, one can bring these items to the SLU Reuse trailer for donation.
• A campus recycling program recycles approximately 25% of all waste.