School Name:

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Location:

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

School RecycleMania or Recycling Web Site:

http://www.uwec.edu/conserve...

Spring Break Dates:

Week of Mar 29 - Apr 2

School Athletic Conference:

D3

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.)
• Working with vendors to reduce transportation packaging (e.g. require vendors shipping on a pallet to take it back with the next delivery; redesign shipping packaging for waste minimization or recyclability, etc).
• Promoting inter-office reusable envelopes for campus mail and review/improve campus systems for reclaiming extra envelopes for reuse.
• Active program to reduce unwanted bulk mail from off-campus sources (e.g. creating an opt-out registry for staff and faculty; housing mail room send out bulk mail removal postcards on behalf of former residents, encouraging the cancellation of unnecessary or duplicate subscriptions etc.).
• Promoting the use of printer settings and paper reduction software (e.g. GreenPrint).
• 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.).

Whole Campus

Partial Campus

Number of FTE Students:

10,317

Number of FTE Staff and Faculty:

1,074

Full-time Equivalent Campus Population: 11,391.00

For the 2009 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 Exclusively Volume-to-Weight Estimates.

Volume to weight estimates will be executed by the Veolia employee emptying the bins. The data will be collected by a representative from our waste and recycling company, Veolia, and passed on to one of our team members, who will report the data to you.