Compost and Recycling, Quantification of changes
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Amount of glass, metal and plastic recycled from Sept 07 to March 21 08= 22,300 lbs.
Amount of Cardboard recycled from Sept 07 to March 08= 3,710 lbs
Amount of Food Waste (Compost) from Nov 2007 to March 21 08= 12,400 lbs
Amount of Non Recyclable, non compost material “Garbage” from Sep 07 to March 21 08= 390 lbs
Before implementing our composting and recycling all was going to a landfill, now we have reduced our garbage production to 1.01% and we are hoping to continue reduction by using biodegradable PLA cling wrap as soon as it comes to the market, right now we are using normal plastic wrap and it is what is filling most of our garbage as it is very difficult to recycle. We will make an entry at the end of the year to make an accurate yearly calculation on all the results. If you have any questions on how this was figured out, let me know. We use the EPA calculator, in addition to those numbers we also calculated and determined the following per year savings;
Volume composted = 127,400 lbs per year
Total Annual Energy Savings from Composting 10.19
Metric tons of CO2 equivalent saved = 44.1o
Gallons of Gasoline saved = 3,847
Number of trips from Boston to NYC in a Prius = 422.28
Recycling – Cardboard
Volume recycled per year = 3.12 Tons
Total Annual Energy Savings – Cardboard = 14,629.68 KWh
Metric tons of CO2 Equivalent saved = 11.40
Gallons of Gasoline saved = 1,291
Number of trips from Boston to NYC in a Prius = 141.71
Co-Mingled (Mainly Glass) Recycling
Volume recycled per year = 34,320 lbs per year
Total Annual Energy Savings – Glass = 13,573.56 KWh
Metric Tons CO2 Equivalent Saved = 10.60
Gallons of Gasoline saved = 1,198
Number of trips from Boston to NYC in a Prius = 131.50
The result of Composting and Recycling per year at Taranta has help the reduction of Carbon emissions. The total amount of Metric Tons CO2 Equivalent Saved is 66.10 only by composting and recycling. Amount of gasoline saved 6,336 gal, and 695 trips from Boston to NYC in a Prius.