Policies & Procedures Manual - Elizabeth City State University

400.5.3Adopted: 09/12/06ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITYSolid Waste Reduction and Recycling PolicyPreambleElizabeth City State University (ECSU) is committed to good stewardship of theenvironment. A key element of that stewardship is the reduction of the amount of solidwaste going from the campus into landfills. Solid waste landfills have negative longrangeenvironmental impacts, drain community resources, and have limited capacity toaccept the large quantities of waste generated by our society today. The University shallmake every effort to reduce the solid waste generated on campus. Four methods shall beused to implement this policy: source reduction, reuse of materials, recycling, andpurchase of recycled materials. To the extent that any provision of this policy conflictswith the UNC policy statement on recycling, the UNC version shall control.1. Methods to Achieve Solid Waste ReductionA. Source Reduction: All members of the University community areresponsible for implementing operational practices that prevent wastefrom being produced. Examples include printing reports and documents onboth sides of the paper; printing appropriate numbers of documents; usingemail rather than printed correspondence; and using products that arereusable, refillable, repairable, non-toxic, and recyclable. Items requiringthe least possible packaging shall be purchased when practical. Everyeffort shall be made to prevent excess or unneeded materials from beingpurchased.B. Reuse of Materials: All members of the University community areresponsible for reusing products whenever possible. Examples includeobtaining office furniture from the university’s surplus property office orusing dishes, glasses, and reusable flatware rather than disposable paperand plastic ware.C. Recycling: All members of the University community are responsible forseparating identified recyclable materials and placing them in appropriaterecycling containers.Campus Recycling includes aluminum cans, batteries, cardboard, glassbottles, hard back books, microfiche, news blend, office blend, plasticbottles (#1 and #2 only), Styrofoam, synthetic or packing peanuts, tonercartridges, transparencies, videotapes, and additional items asimplemented.