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Basic Steps To Creating A Campus Integrated Waste Management Program

Basic Steps To Creating A Campus Integrated Waste Management Program Program Nuts & Bolts pt 1: Getting Started College & University Recycling Council Webinar Series April 15, 2008. Defining Objectives. Comprehensive IWM program Addresses entire waste stream

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Basic Steps To Creating A Campus Integrated Waste Management Program

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  1. Basic Steps To Creating A Campus Integrated Waste Management Program Program Nuts & Bolts pt 1: Getting Started College & University Recycling Council Webinar Series April 15, 2008

  2. Defining Objectives • Comprehensive IWM program • Addresses entire waste stream • Beyond collections: waste reduction, procurement • Raising awareness • Work with & influence all areas of school • Institutionalized as fundamental operation • Saves money & increases institutional efficiency • Reduces environmental footprint

  3. Administrative Support • How to get it • Vocal students / Ad hoc committee • Get attention: raise awareness of efforts • Submit proposal • Make the economic case • How to use it • Visible display of support to campus community • Implementing policies • Support in bureaucratic struggles

  4. Program Coordinator • The position • More than an operations manager • Elevated to have access to decision makers across campus • Authority over entire waste stream • The person • Motivated to make a difference • Politically savvy / have ability to work across administrative spectrum • Professional knowledge of recycling & solid waste management • Ability to develop and manage projects • Friendly / good communication skills

  5. Campus Stakeholders • Recycling/ waste reduction committee • Include representatives from all areas of campus • Provide feedback on needs and realities across campus • Help to get broad campus buy-in • Provide education and policy conduit back out to campus • Develop relationships • Administrators • Department heads • Folks on the ground: custodians, secretaries, etc. • Contractors • Student leaders

  6. Waste Audit • Key to long term planning • Must understand waste stream to prioritize efforts • Create baseline to measure progress • Economic option: academic / student project • Professional audit: outside consultants • Administrative review: inventory all sources of waste such as auxiliaries, shredding services, contractors, Grounds, etc.

  7. Integrated Waste Management Plan • Long term goals and objectives • Program components • Waste prevention • Recycling • Composting • Education • Procurement • Use to define priorities • Starting with greatest impact for investment. • Set benchmark dates to review progress

  8. Program Structure • Program can evolve multiple ways: • Student government funded & staffed • Facilities services • Hybrid: professional collections & student education • Collections can be in-house staff or contracted out

  9. Funding Sources • Operating budget • Facilities budget • Student fees • Department charge backs • Reinvested waste disposal savings • Capital equipment funding • State grants • Construction / renovation budgets • Beverage vending contracts • Contracted haulers • Reinvested waste disposal savings

  10. Additional Resources • Recyc-l listserv • http://nrc-recycle.org/curclistserv.aspx • CURC: College & University Recycling Council • http://nrc-recycle.org/curc.aspx • Annual NRC Congress: • Pittsburgh, PA -September 21-24, 2008 • http://events.jspargo.com/nrc08/public/enter.aspx • Student scholarships to attend • Collegiate recycling manuals • http://r4.ucdavis.edu/publications/manual/manual_index.html?agree=0 • http://www.uoregon.edu/~recycle/Book/index.htm • EPA WasteWise program • http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/wstewise/index.htm

  11. Alec Cooley Collegiate Programs Manager National Recycling Coalition (843) 278 7686 alecc@nrc-recycle.org http://nrc-recycle.org/

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