School Name:

Youngstown State University

Location:

youngstown, Ohio

School RecycleMania or Recycling Web Site:

http://www.ysu.edu/recycle...

Spring Break Dates:

Week of Mar 8 - 12

School Athletic Conference:

Horizon League

Public or Private School:

Public

Divisions

Competition Division

Benchmark Division

Categories

Schools are automatically ranked in those categories for which they provide data with each week's reporting form.

Waste Minimization

As part of its involvement in the Waste Minimization category, this school is pledging to implement the following waste reduction practices on its campus:

• Purchasing office equipment with waste prevention in mind (e.g. electronic interface, double-sided capabilities; sourcing and purchasing for durability, etc.)
• Active program to sell or donate campus surplus property.
• Reusing and/or redistribute packing materials from central stores and campus distribution centers.
• Replacing paper documents with online alternatives wherever possible (e.g. telephone directories, course catalogs, room selection, bill payment, grade distribution, etc.) .
• Promoting the use of printer settings and paper reduction software (e.g. GreenPrint).
• Offering discounts or other incentives for using reusable mugs in campus dining operations.
• Offering reusable dinnerware and utensils in all sit-down dining facilities.
• Creating and promoting a system for the campus community to report wasteful practices and offer suggestions for waste reduction.
• Creating active program to educate employee and students about waste minimization practices (e.g. incorporating waste minimization information into new employee / new student orientation programs; giving regular presentations to campus groups and departments; setting up public displays, etc.).
• Recognizing waste reduction / materials management roles in relevant staff job descriptions including administrative assistants, purchasing officials, and building proctors.  

Whole Campus

Partial Campus

Number of FTE Students:

11,612

Number of FTE Staff and Faculty:

1,412

Full-time Equivalent Campus Population: 13,024.00

For the 2010 competition, schools that participate in the Competition Division will have their FTE population calculated using standardized data submitted to the federal Department of Education's IPEDS program. This is the number by which reported weights will be divided to determine per capita recycling weights. For more information about the FTE calculations, refer to the IPEDS section of the Rules page.

Data reported will come from Some Weights / Some Estimates.

Waste is calculated using a volume-to-weight estimate using EPA standards for campus waste and the amount (cubic yards) of trash dumpsters pulled each month. Recycling is actual weights received by our haulers.