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As stated in the Environmental Stewardship Action Plan, JMU will:

Develop a plan to reduce landfill waste

Develop a plan to expand composting by dining services staff

Develop green procurement guidelines, training, and implementation strategies

Examples of our progress:

• A university-wide recycling program was implemented, resulting in sending less than 35% of JMU's waste to landfill.

• A composting program was introduced. About 8% of JMU's waste is composted, which has contributed to JMU's recycling rate increasing from 33% in 2008 to 43% currently.