1. Basic Steps To Creating A Campus Integrated Waste Management Program
Program Nuts & Bolts pt 1: Getting Started
College & University Recycling Council
Webinar Series
April 15, 2008

2. Comprehensive IWM program
Defining Objectives
Comprehensive IWM program
Addresses entire waste stream
Beyond collections: waste reduction, procurement
Raising awareness
Work with & influence all areas of school
Institutionalized as fundamental operation
Saves money & increases institutional efficiency
Reduces environmental footprint

3. Administrative Support
How to get it
Vocal students / Ad hoc committee
Get attention: raise awareness of efforts
Submit proposal
Make the economic case
How to use it
Visible display of support to campus community
Implementing policies
Support in bureaucratic struggles

4. Program Coordinator The position The person
More than an operations manager
Elevated to have access to decision makers across campus
Authority over entire waste stream
The person
Motivated to make a difference
Politically savvy / have ability to work across administrative spectrum
Professional knowledge of recycling & solid waste management
Ability to develop and manage projects
Friendly / good communication skills

5. Campus Stakeholders Recycling/ waste reduction committee
Include representatives from all areas of campus
Provide feedback on needs and realities across campus
Help to get broad campus buy-in
Provide education and policy conduit back out to campus
Develop relationships
Administrators
Department heads
Folks on the ground: custodians, secretaries, etc.
Contractors
Student leaders

6. Waste Audit Key to long term planning
Must understand waste stream to prioritize efforts
Create baseline to measure progress
Economic option: academic / student project
Professional audit: outside consultants
Administrative review: inventory all sources of waste such as auxiliaries, shredding services, contractors, Grounds, etc.

7. Integrated Waste Management Plan
Long term goals and objectives
Program components
Waste prevention
Recycling
Composting
Education
Procurement
Use to define priorities
Starting with greatest impact for investment.
Set benchmark dates to review progress

8. Program Structure Program can evolve multiple ways:
Student government funded & staffed
Facilities services
Hybrid: professional collections & student education
Collections can be in-house staff or contracted out

9. Funding Sources Operating budget Capital equipment funding
Facilities budget
Student fees
Department charge backs
Reinvested waste disposal savings
Capital equipment funding
State grants
Construction / renovation budgets
Beverage vending contracts
Contracted haulers

10. Additional Resources Recyc-l listserv
CURC: College & University Recycling Council
Annual NRC Congress:
Pittsburgh, PA -September 21-24, 2008
Student scholarships to attend
Collegiate recycling manuals
EPA WasteWise program

11. Collegiate Programs Manager National Recycling Coalition
Alec Cooley
Collegiate Programs Manager
National Recycling Coalition
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