Recycling and Beyond: Towards a Zero Waste Campus 2:00 PM Introduction and welcome: Rob Gogan 2:02 PMWebinar details: Larry Kaufman 2:05 PMPete Pasterz, Cabarrus County, NC 2:20 PMLaurie Cousart, University of Pennsylvania 2:45 PMRob Gogan, Harvard University 3:00 PMJack Debell, University of Colorado at Boulder 3:15 PMQuestions and Adjournment

Measuring Progress Towards Zero Waste Rob Gogan Recycling and Waste Services Harvard Facilities Maintenance Operations 175 North Harvard Street Allston, MA College & University Recycling Coalition Webinar Series 2 September 2010

“What gets measured, gets managed:” choosing measures Recycling rates Pounds trash per capita Progress towards zero waste goal Annual pounds of single-use commodities procured Capture rates Benefits of recycling: WARM, resources saved

Wasting is not sustainable… ‘THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG:” One day’s trash from Harvard Yard… and that’s only 1% of the total generated on our behalf. Visible waste… …is examined by Resource Efficiency Program undergrads.

Results of 10th annual Waste Audit 21% paper that could have been recycled 12% containers + 12% beverage residue that could have been recycled Compostables: yard waste, paper towels, coffee grounds, food 41% organics that could have been composted Residues (items without current recycling options) 10% residues for which sustainable substitutes are needed By weight:

CampusRefuseProfile,FY10 % of total Recycling(basics)3,420 Tons23% Compost3,690 Tons25% Recycling(other)1,101 Tons 7% Trash6,768 Tons45% CampusPopulation37,194 FTE Per capitarecycling 442 lbs Per capitaTrash 365 lbs RecyclingRate:55%

President Drew Faust stands with Eco-REPs at Move-in

2010 Gorilla Prize (Pounds recycled) 1 Rutgers University 2,541,093 2 Harvard University 996,760 3 Stanford University 888,884 4 University of NC, CH 729,940 5 U Michigan-Ann Arbor 721,510 6 Boston College 716,153 7 U MN– Twin Cities 680,280 8 Emory University 646,273 9 U Cal– San Diego 643, U Florida 641, Yale University 588,774 EPA “WasteWise”-sponsored 10- week contest with 608 campuses participating in See

Zero Waste Events Few tons diverted, but high-visibility and fun to see how close to zero you can get. Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Annual Picnic, Total waste landfilled: 36 gloves, bundle of sandwich wrap, 6 carried in foam cups & one diaper.

With good planning, infrastructure and peer marketing…

…an old man can learn to measure his progress towards Zero Waste.