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DocuSign Envelope ID:60890E67-6F1D-48BF-9BD4-7E57F52CDE30 <br /> Orange County,North Carolina <br /> RFP#5253 for Recycling Composition Study <br /> Section 3:Current and Past Experience <br /> Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina <br /> Contact: Jennifer Maxwell, Sustainability Program Manager <br /> 1039 State Farm Road, Boone, NC 28608 <br /> maxwellib@appsS te.edu, (828)262-2667 0 <br /> 111ewcbineQl� <br /> Comprehensive Solid and Hazardous Waste Audit <br /> Period of Work:January 2013—July 2013 <br /> Project Budget:$40,000 <br /> KCI assisted Appalachian State University in conducting <br /> an audit of the solid and hazardous wastes generated on Through the results of this <br /> campus.This comprehensive waste audit was identified solid waste audit,we have been <br /> as a primary initiative to provide a benchmark from given the tools we need to <br /> which additional programs and policies would be promote waste reduction on our <br /> developed to help achieve a zero waste campus. campus and continue toward <br /> our zero waste commitments. <br /> The objective of the Solid Waste Audit was to determine We believe that[KCI's)creativity <br /> the composition of the solid waste stream generated in and knowledge of waste <br /> the academic, auxiliary, and residential areas of the auditing strategies helped lead <br /> campus. The two-week sorting event consisted of to these successes. <br /> sampling and sorting multiple solid waste samples from Jennifer Maxwell <br /> more than 45 distinct areas of the campus to determine Sustainability Program Manager <br /> the types and quantities of recoverable materials Appalachian State University,NC <br /> currently being disposed. The results were initially used <br /> to expand the university's composting programs to <br /> include post-consumer organics, which were found to <br /> comprise as much as 57%of the waste stream in <br /> some areas of the campus. — <br /> T <br /> The results of the audit provided the university with ° <br /> the information needed to revamp its education and <br /> outreach materials and expand its composting <br /> program to include bathroom paper towels and , <br /> com ostable cutlery. Results were also used to <br /> p Y , <br /> develop targeted approaches to increase waste <br /> diversion in each sector of the campus and to <br /> establish new policies and procedures to minimize <br /> waste. <br /> kessler consulting inc. <br /> Proposals 2018\Orange Co Proposal-final 13 innovative waste solutions <br />