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TABLE 2.3 UNIVERSITY WASTE REDUCTION PROGRAM COMPARISON

UNIVERSITY
SERVICE COMPANY DEPARTMENT
PROJECT PROVIDED SIZE COST AFFILIATION COMMENTS

The Solid waste all sizes No fee Industrial
University of engineering
Toledo Waste
Minimization
Project

The U.S. Energy, Small- to Nominal Mechanical 26
Dept. of solid waste, medium- fee engineering participating
Energy hazardous sized (<500 universities
Assessment waste, employees)
Centers productivity
Youngstown Solid Small- to No fee Environmental
State waste medium- science
University sized (<500
Waste employees)
Minimization
Project
Cornell Agricultural Farms No fee Agricultural Only
University waste performs
Waste farm audits
Management
Institute

Indiana State College Colleges No fee Environmental College
University waste audits science communities
Institute on
Recycling

higher education in the United States. The survey measured environmental perform-
ance and sustainability of U.S. college campuses in many categories. The survey rated
engineering programs poorly in regards to integrating environmental consciousness
into the curriculums (the NWF rated engineering programs as a D on a scale of A, B,
C, D, and F with A being the highest rating). The results of this survey indicate the need
for increased efforts of engineering college directors to improve environmental aware-
ness in their programs. The WAMRP at The University of Toledo and other programs
discussed in this section describe the pioneer efforts to improve integration of environ-
mental consciousness into college curriculums and which will improve the NWF rating.

Industrial assessment centers The federal government has been funding indus-
trial assessments for small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms under the
Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program (formerly called the Energy Analysis and