{"id":1430,"date":"2022-03-06T18:51:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T22:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/?page_id=1430"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:53:20","slug":"waste-disposal-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/waste-disposal-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental and Sustainablility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is committed to maintaining a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible campus. Environmental and sustainability considerations are integrated into campus planning and operations to support regulatory compliance, resource stewardship, and the long-term health of the University community and surrounding environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">UMES implements environmental and sustainability programs to address regulatory requirements, reduce environmental impacts, and support responsible management of campus activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Additional information about the program areas are available through the following links. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/recycling\/\">Recycling Program<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/resource-conservation\/\">Resource Conservation <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/spill-prevention-control-and-countermeasure-program\/\">Spill Prevention, Control, and CounterMeasure ProGram (SPCC)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/stormwater-management\/\">Stormwater Management<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/sustainable-assessment-and-planning-tools\/\">Sustainability Assessment and Planning Tools<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wastewater-discharge\/\">WasteWater Discharge<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/waste-reduction\/\">Waste Reduction <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is committed to maintaining a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible campus. Environmental and sustainability considerations are integrated into campus planning and operations to support regulatory compliance, resource stewardship, and the long-term health of the University community and surrounding environment. UMES implements environmental and sustainability programs to address regulatory&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/waste-disposal-guidelines\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Environmental and Sustainablility<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1430","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}