School Name:

Rutgers University

Location:

Piscataway, New Jersey

School RecycleMania or Recycling Web Site:

http://www.facilities.rutgers....

Spring Break Dates:

Week of Mar 15 - 19

School Athletic Conference:

The Big East

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.)
• Creating accrual mechanisms to use savings in disposal costs to fund further waste reduction initiatives.
• Active program to sell or donate campus surplus property.
• 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.
• Replacing paper documents with online alternatives wherever possible (e.g. telephone directories, course catalogs, room selection, bill payment, grade distribution, etc.) .
• Implementing campus printing initiatives which prohibit or discourage unlimited printing in computer labs and copy rooms (e.g. pay-per sheet pricing, etc.).
• Promoting the use of printer settings and paper reduction software (e.g. GreenPrint).
• Offering reusable dinnerware and utensils in all sit-down dining facilities.
• Converting all-you-can-eat dining facilities to pay-per-portion system.
• 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.).
• Initiated polystyrene recycling program in 2009
• School of Social Work has commenced on a collabora
• Recovering Our Resources Program at Mid-Year break

Whole Campus

Partial Campus

Number of FTE Students:

46,066

Number of FTE Staff and Faculty:

9,990

Full-time Equivalent Campus Population: 56,056.00

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 Actual Weights.

All data is tracked and formatted by waste hauler and submitted weekly to the Director of Environmental Services by e-mail