Hi everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone has any good
policy/procedural documents that relate to end-of-life or minimal re-use
electronic items or scrap waste?
I’m curious to know how other campuses are handling this
issue!
Thanks and let me know,
Tanya
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Mary-lee Townsend - Fanshawe College - 11.12.2014
Hi Tanya,
I worked with our Asset Disposal person to come up with a process to
handle our e-waste, which included a briefing note to our purchasing department
outlining why we needed to come up with a process, and what that process would
look like, as well as a processor checklist…which had to be completed to be
considered as a service provide (e-waste recycler) here at the college.
I can provide this to you if you would like. Let me know.
Cheers, Mary-lee
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Paul Caruso - University of Guelph - 11.12.2014
Hi Tonya,
We started working on an e-waste policy about a year ago.
So far we've made a flowchart outlining a process
departments should follow to deal with unwanted/broken electrical equipment.
It shows that eventually I always deal with it.
Paul Caruso
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Lindsay Walker - Humber College - 12.12.2014
Hi all,
Our ITS department collects all e-waste and they have a
contractor come to recycle appropriately. That contractor reports to me the
weights once per year for our Waste audit.
Humber staff/student personal e-waste isn't specifically
collected by Humber, however typically once a year we plan to have a bin out
and do that kind of collection as well for the Humber community.
During Res move out we also have an e-waste bin for
students to use in effort that none goes to landfill.
Lindsay
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Stephanie Foster - George Brown College - 12.12.2014
Hi Tanya,
We try to re-furbish and sell for reuse used computers
that are viable in Campus Bookstores.
Otherwise, used electronic waste (“E-waste”) is collected
for recycling twice a year or on an as needed basis. People are asked to complete an Electronics
Recycling Form (Capital Assets Dispositions Form) so that we can track and write-off recycled
assets. If necessary due to space
constraints, miscellaneous e-waste can be stored temporarily by
Shipping/Receiving.
We have separate battery, cell phone and printer
cartridge recycling programs as well. - Stephanie
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Llynwen
Osborne- Queen's University - 12.12.2014
Hi All,
The Sustainability Office is responsible for ewaste
collection /disposal. Staff fill out an online form to
initiate a pick up. They are responsible for ensuring equipment is
wiped/degaussed and that department head approval has been received to dispose
of the assets. Our Campus Computer Store is also a public drop-off for
ewaste.
We use an outside contractor to collect all the ewaste on
campus and place it in locked sea containers. When the containers are
full we contact Greentec to swap the containers out with empty ones. All
material is sent for destruction.
We also do an ewaste collection at the end of the year for
students during moveout.
Llynwen
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Becky MacWhirter - Loyalist College - 12.12.2014
Hi all,
At Loyalist, all departments of the College are to notify Procurement
Services of any surplus or obsolete assets with replacement value greater than
$100.00 which requires the completion of an Obsolete/Surplus Disposal form.
Procurement first considers redeployment of the asset elsewhere in the College
but I believe most commonly, e-waste is sent for recycling. It’s collected in a
roll-off bin on campus and when full, a pickup is scheduled by Facilities
Services with our waste services provider GFL. As far as I know, we don’t track
the weights. For students, there is a collection bin in the Student Access Lab
(a big computer lab open to all students) for cell phones and batteries.
Our procedure is outlined here (pg. 19):
Best,