Diverting Waste from Landfills · • In 2018, Ohio University received an AASHE STARS Silver...
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7 + Ways Institutions of Higher Education are Generating Revenue & Diverting Waste from Landfills with University Surplus Property From coast to coast, institutions of Higher Education are engaging in creative ways to divert waste from landfills, while also generating revenue for their Colleges and Universities. With increasing pressure for Institutions to be more sustainable, more and more Colleges and Universities are leveraging surplus property to attack the triple bottom line (TBL) and contribute positively to social, environmental, and financial goals. CHECK OUT HOW SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LEVERAGING SURPLUS PROPERTY TO ATTACK THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE AND BENEFIT THEIR INSTITUTIONS! UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA So far in 2018... • 603,065 lbs of scrap metal have been diverted from landfills 2 • 59,296 lbs of ewaste have been recycled 2 • 12,258 items have been redistributed to the public 2 • 799 items have been reiussed to university departments 2 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA • In 2017, Temple Surplus generated $77,741.27 in revenue 4 • 2,430 items were sold through online auction, and 1,125 were sold to the general public in FY17 4 • In 2018, the Temple Surplus Property Program was a co-winner of the 2018 Daniel G. Weisenbach Enviornmental Stewardship award 3 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FORT COLLINS, COLORADO OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CORVALLIS, OREGON OHIO UNIVERSITY ATHENS, OHIO PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA • The 2017 “Leave it Behind” Program collected, sorted, and resold 55,000 pounds of goods left behind by students at the end of the semester 5 • In FY17, CSU Surplus recycled 82,000 pounds of e-waste • In March 2015, CSU was the first university to be awarded the AASHE STARS Platinum rating • ...and earned a STARS 2.1 Platinum rating in 2017 6 • In FY17, OSU Surplus recycled 854 tons, composted 665 tons, and was able to reuse 556 tons of university assets • In March 2018, OSU Surplus eclipsed $1 million in sales • OSU Surplus has approval from Oregon State Surplus to sell surplus for other areas in the region, currently selling for ~40 agencies in addition to Oregon State University • In 2018, Ohio University received an AASHE STARS Silver rating 9 • Through OU Surplus, the university was able to recover and reuse 291.95 tons of material in FY16, and 300.68 tons of materials in FY17 9 • During their annual Rebike event, the university sells bicycles that had been abandoned on campus to students, faculty and staff 10 • Purdue Surplus reduced computer e-waste from 76,000 pounds to zero 11 • The department also kept over 994,000 pounds of office supplies out of landfills 11 • Through departmental reimbursements, the department has returned over $2.5 million back to departments that donated goods from 2011 to 2016 11 • In fiscal year 2015, Duke Surplus donated 360 computers and 2,831 items of furniture, furnishings and equipment back to departments 12 • The program also offers surplus medical equipment to the Global Health PLUS program, which then transfers the items to low resource communities in places throughout the world like Ghana, Bolivia and Nigeria 13 STUDENT POPULATION ~19.5 K STUDENT POPULATION ~29.5 K STUDENT POPULATION ~25.9 K STUDENT POPULATION ~25.8 K STUDENT POPULATION ~23.3 K STUDENT POPULATION ~30 K STUDENT POPULATION ~6.7 K INSTITUTION TYPE PUBLIC A large portion of Pitt Surplus furniture is reissued back to University departments in lieu of buying new 1 INSTITUTION TYPE PUBLIC Temple Surplus aims to give new life to retired university assets through redistribution, auction or donation 3 INSTITUTION TYPE PUBLIC INSTITUTION TYPE PUBLIC CSU Surplus items are sold in their on-campus storefront or auctioned on- line, while waste is sorted for recycling 5 OSU Surplus items vary from chemistry supplies and athletic apparel, to an 800 ton research ship 7 INSTITUTION TYPE PUBLIC INSTITUTION TYPE PUBLIC The OU Surplus Rebike program aims to cut back on the number of abandoned bikes congesting bike racks on campus 8 The University Surplus Property Association (USPA) 2018 Conference was held at Purdue University INSTITUTION TYPE PRIVATE Duke Surplus has provided free furniture, supplies and equipment to nonprofits since 2007 12
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7+ Ways Institutions of Higher Education are Generating Revenue &Diverting Waste from Landfills with University Surplus Property
From coast to coast, institutions of Higher Education are engaging in creative ways to divert waste from landfills, while also generating revenue for their Colleges and Universities. With increasing pressure for Institutions to be more sustainable, more and more Colleges and Universities are leveraging surplus property to attack the triple bottom line (TBL) and contribute positively to social, environmental, and financial goals.
CHECK OUT HOW SCHOOLS ACROSS THECOUNTRY ARE LEVERAGING SURPLUSPROPERTY TO ATTACK THE TRIPLE BOTTOMLINE AND BENEFIT THEIR INSTITUTIONS!
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHPITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
So far in 2018...• 603,065 lbs of scrap metal have been diverted from landfills2
• 59,296 lbs of ewaste have been recycled2
• 12,258 items have been redistributed to the public2
• 799 items have been reiussed to university departments2
TEMPLE UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
• In 2017, Temple Surplus generated $77,741.27 in revenue4
• 2,430 items were sold through online auction, and 1,125 were sold to the general public in FY174
• In 2018, the Temple Surplus Property Program was a co-winner of the 2018 Daniel G. Weisenbach Enviornmental Stewardship award3
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYFORT COLLINS, COLORADO
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYCORVALLIS, OREGON
OHIO UNIVERSITYATHENS, OHIO
PURDUE UNIVERSITYWEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
DUKE UNIVERSITYDURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
• The 2017 “Leave it Behind” Program collected, sorted, and resold 55,000 pounds of goods left behind by students at the end of the semester5
• In FY17, CSU Surplus recycled 82,000 pounds of e-waste• In March 2015, CSU was the first university to be awarded the
AASHE STARS Platinum rating• ...and earned a STARS 2.1 Platinum rating in 20176
• In FY17, OSU Surplus recycled 854 tons, composted 665 tons, and was able to reuse 556 tons of university assets
• In March 2018, OSU Surplus eclipsed $1 million in sales• OSU Surplus has approval from Oregon State Surplus to sell surplus
for other areas in the region, currently selling for ~40 agencies in addition to Oregon State University
• In 2018, Ohio University received an AASHE STARS Silver rating9
• Through OU Surplus, the university was able to recover and reuse 291.95 tons of material in FY16, and 300.68 tons of materials in FY179
• During their annual Rebike event, the university sells bicycles that had been abandoned on campus to students, faculty and staff10
• Purdue Surplus reduced computer e-waste from 76,000 pounds to zero11
• The department also kept over 994,000 pounds of office supplies out of landfills11
• Through departmental reimbursements, the department has returned over $2.5 million back to departments that donated goods from 2011 to 201611
• In fiscal year 2015, Duke Surplus donated 360 computers and 2,831 items of furniture, furnishings and equipment back to departments12
• The program also offers surplus medical equipment to the Global Health PLUS program, which then transfers the items to low resource communities in places throughout the world like Ghana, Bolivia and Nigeria13
STUDENT POPULATION
~19.5 KSTUDENT POPULATION
~29.5 K
STUDENT POPULATION
~25.9 KSTUDENT POPULATION
~25.8 K
STUDENT POPULATION
~23.3 KSTUDENT POPULATION
~30 K
STUDENT POPULATION
~6.7 K
INSTITUTION TYPE
PUBLIC
A large portion of Pitt Surplusfurniture is reissued back to Universitydepartments in lieu of buying new 1
INSTITUTION TYPE
PUBLIC
Temple Surplus aims to give new life to retired university assets through redistribution, auction or donation 3
INSTITUTION TYPE
PUBLICINSTITUTION TYPE
PUBLIC
CSU Surplus items are sold in their on-campus storefront or auctioned on-line, while waste is sorted for recycling 5
OSU Surplus items vary from chemistry supplies and athletic apparel, to an 800 ton research ship 7
INSTITUTION TYPE
PUBLICINSTITUTION TYPE
PUBLIC
The OU Surplus Rebike program aims to cut back on the number of abandoned bikes congesting bike racks on campus 8
The University Surplus PropertyAssociation (USPA) 2018 Conference was held at Purdue University
INSTITUTION TYPE
PRIVATE
Duke Surplus has provided free furniture, supplies and equipment to nonprofits since 2007 12
