Recycling Tips From Our Physical Plant

Along with the energy saving and water saving tips previously, our physical plant folks have sent out these recycling tips:

Recycling of Aluminum Cans — saves 95% of the Energy required to make the same amount of Aluminum from its virgin source.

  • One ton of recycled Aluminum saves 14,000 KWH of Energy, 40 barrels of oil, 238 million BTUs of Energy.
  • One ton of recycled Aluminum saves 10 cubic yards of landfill space.

Recycling Plastic

  • One ton of recycled Plastic saves 5,774 KWH of Energy, 16.3 barrels of oil, 98 million BTUs of Energy.
  • One ton of recycled Plastic saves 30 cubic yards of landfill space.

Recycling Glass

  • One ton of recycled Glass saves 42 KWH of Energy, 0.12 barrels of oil (5 gallons), 714,000 BTUs of Energy, and 7.5 pounds of Air Pollutants from being released.
  • One ton of recycled Glass saves 2 cubic yards of landfill space.
  • Over 30% of the raw material used in Glass production now comes from recycled Glass.

Recycling Office Paper

  • One ton of recycled Paper saves 4,100 KWH of Energy, 9 barrels of oil, and 54 million BTUs of Energy.
  • One ton of recycled Paper saves 60 pounds of Air Pollutants from being released.
  • One ton of recycled Paper saves 7,000 gallons of water.
  • One ton of recycled Paper saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.