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Recycling and Beyond: Towards a Zero Waste Campus

Recycling and Beyond: Towards a Zero Waste Campus. 2:00 PM Introduction and welcome: Rob Gogan 2:02 PM Webinar details: Larry Kaufman 2:05 PM Pete Pasterz, Cabarrus County, NC 2:20 PM Laurie Cousart, University of Pennsylvania 2:45 PM Rob Gogan, Harvard University

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Recycling and Beyond: Towards a Zero Waste Campus

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  1. Recycling and Beyond: Towards a Zero Waste Campus 2:00 PM Introduction and welcome: Rob Gogan 2:02 PM Webinar details: Larry Kaufman 2:05 PM Pete Pasterz, Cabarrus County, NC 2:20 PM Laurie Cousart, University of Pennsylvania 2:45 PM Rob Gogan, Harvard University 3:00 PM Jack Debell, University of Colorado at Boulder 3:15 PM Questions and Adjournment http://www.curc3r.org/

  2. Measuring Progress Towards Zero Waste College & University Recycling Coalition Webinar Series 2 September 2010 Rob Gogan Recycling and Waste Services Harvard Facilities Maintenance Operations 175 North Harvard Street Allston, MA 02134 rob_gogan@harvard.edu http://www.uos.harvard.edu/fmo/recycling/

  3. “What gets measured, gets managed:” choosing measures • Recycling rates • Pounds trash per capita • Progress towards zero waste goal • Annual pounds of single-use commodities procured • Capture rates • Benefits of recycling: WARM, resources saved

  4. Wasting is not sustainable… ‘THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG:” One day’s trash from Harvard Yard… and that’s only 1% of the total generated on our behalf. Visible waste… …is examined by Resource Efficiency Program undergrads.

  5. Results of 10th annual Waste Audit By weight: 21% paper that could have been recycled 12% containers + 12% beverage residue that could have been recycled Compostables: yard waste, paper towels, coffee grounds, food 41% organics that could have been composted Residues (items without current recycling options) 10% residues for which sustainable substitutes are needed

  6. President Drew Faust stands with Eco-REPs at Move-in

  7. 2010 Gorilla Prize • (Pounds recycled) • Rutgers University 2,541,093 • Harvard University 996,760 • Stanford University 888,884 • University of NC, CH 729,940 • U Michigan-Ann Arbor 721,510 • Boston College 716,153 • U MN– Twin Cities 680,280 • Emory University 646,273 • U Cal– San Diego 643,185 • U Florida 641,296 • 15 Yale University 588,774 EPA “WasteWise”-sponsored 10-week contest with 608 campuses participating in 2010. See<www.recyclemaniacs.org>

  8. Zero Waste Events Few tons diverted, but high-visibility and fun to see how close to zero you can get. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Annual Picnic, 2010. Total waste landfilled: 36 gloves, bundle of sandwich wrap, 6 carried in foam cups & one diaper.

  9. With good planning, infrastructure and peer marketing…

  10. …an old man can learn to measure his progress towards Zero Waste.

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