- Beverage containers
- Glass
- Plastics (#3-7) (10.23 tons)
- Cardboard (27.43 tons)
- Newspaper (11.63 tons)
- Office paper (mixed) (37.16 tons)
- Confidential shredded paper (16.94 tons)
- Scrap metal (7.29 tons)
- Wood waste (13.57 tons)
- Tires (0.47 tons)
- Construction materials/debris (1.01 tons)
IVC participates in the Shred-It shredding and recycling program and save 288.03 trees from destruction in 2017. Every ton (2,000 lbs) of recycled paper can save 17 trees.
IVC participates in the Facility Tire Program through CalRecycle Tire Enforcement Program and recycled 47 tires in 2017.
Ware Disposal included recycled tonnage totals in the diversion report.
All recycling at IVC is diverted per contract with Ware Disposal. IVC has installed recycle and trash bins in various places across campus to collect recyclable waste.
- Paper forms reduction - online forms
- Washable/Reusable cups, service ware, towels
- Reusable boxes
- Reusable pallets
- Electronic document storage
- Intranet
- Reuse of office furniture, equipment & supplies
- Reuse of packing materials
- Double-sided copies
- Email vs. paper memos
- Food Donation
- Electric air hand-dryers
- Remanufactured equipment
- Rags made from waste cloth or reusable rags
IVC has installed recycling bins around campus to assist in collecting recyclable waste.
The waste management company, Ware Disposal, is contracted to divert at least 57% of waste.
IVC has moved towards electronic forms, documents, and storage to prevent paper waste on campus. We contract with a shredding company to shred any important documents, which is also all recycled.
The IVC Grounds department mulches any green waste and redistributes it across campus.
IVC has established a furniture standard which has allows for the ability reuse the furniture across the campus.
- Nonprofit/school donations
- Internal property reutilizations
- Used book exchange/buy backs
The campus reuses the majority of furniture/supplies/electronic equipment/instructional equipment that is not in disrepair. The balance is shipped to our district warehouse where it is auctioned off in a public sale.
The campus book store provides an aggressive buy-back/exchange program for books.
The IVC Child Development Center program has been discontinued at this time. We were able to share supplies, equipment, furniture, etc with our sister college's CDC program.
- Recycled Content Product (RCP) procurement policy
- RCP/EPP and/or SABRC requirements language included in procurement contracts for products/materials
IVC only purchases custodial products, cleaners and paper products, that are green products.
All paper products that are purchased from our suppliers are of recycled content.
- Dedicated Recycling Staff (Existing or implemented by July 1, 2018)*
- Signage (signs, posters, labels for recycling bins. Existing or implemented by July 1, 2018)*
- Employee training (Existing or implemented by July 1, 2018)*
- Adequate number and condition of receptacles (Existing or implemented by July 1, 2018.)*
- Web page (intranet or internet)
- Brochures, flyers, newsletters, publications, newspaper articles/ads
- Outreach (internal/external) e.g. environmental fairs
- Seminars, workshops, special speakers
- Press releases
- Special recycling/reuse events
2. IVC plans to improve on employee training and education of recycling programs to include the topic in the future safety training seminars for all classified personnel.
IVC plans to establish a future marketing program to address all recycling efforts on a quarterly basis to better educate the campus community.
The college supplies training in the use of 'green products' to our custodial department through our custodial suppliers. IVC includes the necessity for green products in all custodial and paper product orders.
