School Name:

University of Central Florida

Location:

Orlando, Florida

School RecycleMania or Recycling Web Site:

Spring Break Dates:

Week of Mar 15 - 19

School Athletic Conference:

USA Conference

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.) .
• 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).
• Establishing post-consumer waste and biodegradable dinnerware composting program.
• 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:

41,057

Number of FTE Staff and Faculty:

4,518

Number of Hospital Staff:

0

Full-time Equivalent Campus Population: 45,575.00

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.

We will be working with the UCF Recycles department who has its own facility at the UCF Physical Plant. This facility contains sorting areas and industrial scales to document our efforts.