SUBJECT:

Reaffirmation of UCSD Waste Prevention and Recycling Policy

In 1997 UCSD issued its first official policy on waste prevention and
recycling. We recognize our role as a leader in the community with
regard to environmental policies and, with the adoption of this policy,
have demonstrated our intention to ensure responsible stewardship of the
environmental resources under our influence. More specifically, the
policy sets forth standards and organizational processes aimed at:
1) reducing waste at the source; 2) encouraging the purchase of durable
and reusable products; 3) encouraging the purchase of high post-consumer
content recycled products; 4) increasing the total volume of waste
materials diverted from landfills to recycling processes; 5) ensuring
the long term viability of campus recycling operations through appropriate
educational programs, coordination, management and oversight; and
6) complying with Federal and State mandates. I strongly support this
policy and reaffirm that UCSD will continue to be a leader through our
waste prevention and recycling programs.

Periodically UCSD reviews its policies and procedures to ensure their
relevance to the changing times and conditions. Steve Relyea, Vice
Chancellor of Business Affairs, has asked the Waste Minimization Advisory
Committee to review the existing policy and to make appropriate
recommendations to ensure our continued leadership on this particular
environmental activity.

For UCSD to be a model of environmental stewardship, it will take all
of us working together. Please join me in supporting our commitment to
waste prevention and recycling.

Robert C. Dynes Chancellor