Recycling
Recycling Efforts for
August 2007 - March 2008
Remember: If you're not part of the solution, you're
part of the pollution.
| Cardboard weight |
3,485 lbs |
|
|
| Office Paper weight |
2,500 lbs |
Tin can weight |
455 lbs |
| Newspaper weight |
700 lbs |
Plastic weight |
0 lbs |
|
Magazine/catalog weight
|
1,200 lbs |
Aluminum |
0 lbs |
| TOTAL PAPER FIBER |
7,885 lbs |
TOTAL WEIGHT |
8,340 |
Total savings this year
| 67 |
|
Trees - one ton of recycled paper save 17 trees |
| 16,164 |
|
kWh of energy - one ton of recycled paper saves 4,100 kilowatt hours
of energy |
| 27,598 |
|
Gallons of water - one ton of recycled paper saves 7,000 gallons of
water |
| 13 |
|
Cubic yards of local landfill space - one ton of paper saves 3.3 cubic
yards of landfill |
| 237 |
|
Lbs. of air pollution - eliminates 60 lbs. of air pollutants created
when making paper from virgin wood pulp |
| 1,616 |
|
Gallons of fuel - one ton of paper recycled saves 410 gallons fuel |
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