RE: [greenyes] Megatons reduced by recycling

["Reindl, John" <Reindl@no.address>]

Hi Rod ~

 

If I understand your question, then you might be interested in the report, Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Management of Selected Materials in Municipal Solid Waste, done by the US EPA  and found on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/ghg/ghg.htm.

 

Best wishes,

 

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Rod [mailto:rodmuir@no.address]
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:11 AM
To: GreenYes
Subject: [greenyes] Megatons reduced by recycling

Greeting

 

Imagine one ton of standard mix of recyclable items

coming out of a home fiber, metal, glass etc.

 

I understand that using recycled vs. virgin material saves approximately 75% of the energy used in virgin production of this mix.

 

I anyone aware of the actual reduction in megatons of GHG's involved

 

Thanks

Rod Muir

Waste Diversion Toronto/Canada