School Name:

Wesleyan University

Location:

Middletown, Connecticut

School RecycleMania or Recycling Web Site:

Spring Break Dates:

Weeks of Mar 8 - 19

School Athletic Conference:

New England Small College Athletic Conference

Public or Private School:

Private

Divisions

Competition Division

Benchmark Division

Categories

Schools are automatically ranked in those categories for which they provide data with each week's reporting form.

Waste Minimization

As part of its involvement in the Waste Minimization category, this school is pledging to implement the following waste reduction practices on its campus:

• Purchasing office equipment with waste prevention in mind (e.g. electronic interface, double-sided capabilities; sourcing and purchasing for durability, etc.)
• Active program to sell or donate campus surplus property.
• Reusing and/or redistribute packing materials from central stores and campus distribution centers.
• Promoting inter-office reusable envelopes for campus mail and review/improve campus systems for reclaiming extra envelopes for reuse.
• Offering discounts or other incentives for using reusable mugs in campus dining operations.
• Creating and promoting a system for the campus community to report wasteful practices and offer suggestions for waste reduction.
• trayless dinning service

Whole Campus

Partial Campus

Partial Campus Description:

Partial Campus does not include approximately 25% of our residential area.

Number of FTE Students:

2,000

Number of FTE Staff and Faculty:

963

Full-time Equivalent Campus Population: 2,963.00
This number is derived by RecycleMania from the population numbers above using the calculation of FTE formula. It is used to determine per capita recycling amounts.

Data reported will come from Actual Weights.

Our contracted waste hauler provides us with actual weights for all waste taken off campus