Recycling
RECYCLING
Office of
Environmental Control & Waste/Recycling
The Department of
Operations & Maintenance has been conducting Recycling
activities since 1991. The University was one of the first
institutions in the state to recycle 100% of all green waste
generated on-site. The Recycling Program is one of the few programs
among educational institutions to heavily engage in the secondary
processing of recovered materials. The true partnership of
University Staff and Student Workers has yielded tremendous results
in terms of waste prevention and resource recovery.
In 1991 the University
disposed of 594 cubic yards of refuse every week. By late 1992 the
University was able to reduce this volume to 317 cubic yards
disposed of per week. This was accomplished by collecting
newspaper, white paper, cans, glass, and limited plastics, as well
as aggressively removing corrugated cardboard from the University's
waste stream. In Spring of 1994, recycling had expanded the range
of collected material to include all grades of paper, plastic, and
scrap metal. This was followed by a further reduction of refuse to
283 cubic yards leaving LMU for area landfills each week. Because
all issues of waste management fall under the Office of
Environmental Control, real fiscal saving accompanied each
reduction of waste disposal service. The rebates from the sale of
recovered material are used to fund the Institution's Recycling
Program, and after a large decrease in waste disposal expenditures
in 1992 the program has been able to hold the waste bill at a
relatively constant level even within the context of skyrocketing
disposal fees caused by California's rapidly diminishing landfills
dumping space. At Loyola Marymount University recycling has not
represented just an additional expenditure but an institutional
asset. The Jesuit/Marymount philosophy has allowed us to greatly
help the Urban Eco-system while complimenting our
bottom-line.
Over 300 tons of
rebate-producing commodities were recovered in Fiscal Year 1994-95.
This is only possible by utilizing the equipment and material
support of the Department of Operations & Maintenance. Our
in-house contingent of skilled craftsmen have even fabricated
special items to help recycling operate very efficiently on campus.
This formula has allowed us to measure the success of recycling on
a scale measured in the hundreds of tons.
Corrugated Cardboard 77.49 tons
.....................Newspaper 73.45 tons
Scrap Metal 29.84
tons.......................................Paper 47.79
tons
Aluminum 1.47 tons
............................................Scrap Wood 41.13
tons
H.D.P.E. Plastic 1.17
tons...................................Glass 39.45 tons
P.E.T. Plastic 2.88 tons
......................................Green Waste 214.15
tons
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