Recycling and Waste Initiatives at Wesleyan

We’ve Done It

Listed below are green initiatives that have been implemented.

	Initiative	Notes
1	Contract documentation requires separation of all construction/demolition debris for reuse or recycling
2	Purchasing recycled or recycled content material: Vinyl floor tile which has a recycled content from old gypsum wallboard of >10% Carpet tiles with a recycled content of >40% from #1 & #2 plastics Blown in insulation made from 100% newsprint New artificial turf field made with ~20,000 pounds rubber tires New Office furniture and cubicle components: Steel has a 25% recycled material content Hardboard has a 90% recycled material content Fiberglass has a 20% recycled material content Corrugated packaging has a 74% recycled material content Aluminum is 100% recycled content Plastics have a 21% recycled material content 100% of the fabric is from recycled materials
3	Wesleyan participates annually in RecycleMania with 200 colleges. 2007 statistics: 34th place out of 112 schools in Glass/Metal/Plastic 31st place out of 175 schools in the Per Capita Classic 36th place out of 111 schools in Mixed Paper 6th place out of 104 schools in Cardboard
4	Usdan, Summerfields, Pi Café and Star & Crescent Restaurant are now composting pre- and post-consumer vegetables in a donated Earth Tub with approximately 125 pounds per week for use at the Long Lane Organic Farm.
5	Fluorescent light bulbs are recycled through a vendor who recovers >99% of all components (Bring your used CFLs to the Cardinal Technology Center to recycle them).

 

We’re Working On It

Listed below are initiatives that have been assigned to a person or office to plan a solution.

	Initiative	Status

 

We’re Getting to It

Listed below are initiatives that are in the evaluation stage to determine the best way to accomplish them.

	Initiative	Status

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Send us suggestions for green initiatives at sustainability@wesleyan.edu.

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