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Campus Recycling & Waste COVID Impact Survey Pt 2: Long Term Impacts

The following survey has been organized as a joint project between the College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC), Busch Systems, US Composting Council, Zero Waste Campus Council and the NRC Campus Council. This is a follow up to an early pt 1 survey that looked at the short-term reopening plans for campus recycling and waste programs in the face of the COVID pandemic. This current pt2 survey is looking at longer term impacts lasting beyond the current fall term.

The results of this survey will be made available to participants both as a summary report, as well as detailed responses published as a Google sheet. Your contact information will only be used to contact you directly for any follow up to the survey and will not be shared or used for marketing purposes. If you wish to have your institution remain anonymous with the published results, please indicate this on question 2. In this case, your responses will only be identified by general Carnegie Classification characteristics without listing the name.

We appreciate your participation.
1.Contact Information(Required.)
2.Please indicate if you do not want your institution identified by name along with these survey(Required.)
3.In which administrative area are you based (select whichever best applies):(Required.)
4.Current in-person class capacity?(Required.)
5.Beyond any initial operational changes at the outset of the term, how is COVID impacting the ongoing priorities for waste / recycling planners this fall?  (Check any that apply)(Required.)
6.What was the arrangement for waste collection from deskside / office prior to the COVID outbreak? (Choose one that best applies)(Required.)
7.Has COVID influenced a change to this deskside service arrangement? (If campus is currently closed, are there planned changes for when people return?)(Required.)
8.What waste collection arrangement existed for classroom / meeting rooms prior to COVID (not counting labs and other special situations)?(Required.)
9.Has COVID influenced a change to this classroom / meeting room arrangement? (If campus is currently closed, are there planned changes for when people return?)(Required.)
10.Are there other significant changes to recycling / waste collection services resulting from COVID that could potentially benefit recycling and waste reduction? (Example: removing excessive outdoor trash bins to save grounds labor, etc. )(Required.)
11.Has COVID created other non-operational opportunities to advance waste reduction priorities?(Required.)
12.What long term (beyond fall 2020 term), significant impacts do you expect (likely or confirmed) from the upheaval caused by COVID (Check all that apply)(Required.)
13.Has COVID influenced changes to upstream purchasing/procurement practices or policies? (Select all that apply).(Required.)
14.If any of the following programs have been temporarily suspended due to COVID, do you have reason to be concerned the change(s) will become permanent? If you are not informed of the status, check "Not Sure".(Required.)
Doesn't Apply
Continued (no changes)
Temporarily cancelled
Continued, but modified
Program being added
Not Sure
Durable / Reusable plates and dishes
Durable / Reusable cups
Durable / Reusable utensils
Reusable to-go containers (Ozzi, etc.)
Refillable cup program
Compostable service ware (cups, plates, take-out containers, etc.)
Unserved food recovery / donations
15.Are there talking points or arguments that have been effective to defend reuse policies and programs against COVID health concerns?  Please explain.
16.Does your school have policies or protocols for safely reintroducing reusable packaging/dinnerware that you can share with other schools? 

We encourage you to email any written documents to curc3r@gmail.com.

Please explain:(Required.)
17.Are there ways your institution has responded to the national reckoning on racial injustice related to your recycling and waste reduction operations?(Required.)
18.Has COVID impacted your student employee/internship program?