Spreadsheet by Ryan McMullan
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Academic Calendar Waste Report (tons/year) |
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Waste Component |
total produced |
disposed |
recycled |
% of total |
% of total disposed |
% recycled |
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Food |
144 |
129 |
15 |
14% |
15% |
10% |
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Non-recyclable Paper |
250 |
250 |
0 |
25% |
29% |
0% |
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Paper |
366 |
273 |
92 |
36% |
31% |
25% |
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Glass |
69 |
38 |
31 |
7% |
4% |
45% |
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Plastic |
31 |
31 |
0 |
3% |
4% |
0% |
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Metal |
17 |
17 |
0 |
2% |
2% |
0% |
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Non-recyclable Plastic |
45 |
45 |
0 |
4% |
5% |
0% |
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Other |
71 |
71 |
0 |
7% |
8% |
0% |
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TOTAL |
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869 |
138 |
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86% |
0% |
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Waste Use Summary |
Total |
% of total |
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Compostable Materials |
269 |
27% |
Food, half Non-recyclable paper |
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Recyclable Materials |
482 |
48% |
Paper, Glass, Plastic, Metal |
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Recoverable Materials |
751 |
75% |
sum of recyclable and compostable |
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Campus resident pop |
1814 |
people |
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Campus working pop |
6438 |
people |
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Waste per person |
0.16 |
tons/year |
313 |
lbs/yr |
equal distribution |
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Waste per on-campus |
0.24 |
tons/year |
488 |
lbs/yr |
with resident pop producing twice as much |
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Waste per off-campus |
0.12 |
tons/year |
244 |
lbs/yr |
with resident pop producing twice as much |
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Recycling per person |
0.02 |
tons/yr |
43 |
lbs/yr |
equal distribution |
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Information Sources |
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Campus population numbers from University Development Office |
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Percentages of solid waste composition from ENVI 490 Solid Waste Audit |
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Current recycling amounts from Donahue Recycling (paper) and Strategic Materials (glass) |
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Total food composted extrapolated from Earth Tub expectations (1 tub) |
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Total Solid Waste extrapolated from compactor weighings at the landfill (N=7) |
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