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Hi, Rod.
We used the EPA's
WARM software for the Pentagon Renovation's Construction Waste Management
program. We were able to calculate a 177 percent GHG diversion from a no
recycling scenario. While the software doesn't factor in a lot of
conventional building products (it focuses on materials like OCC, plastics,
wood waste etc.), there was enough to work with to make some valid
estimates.
Best,
Bruce Maine WARM
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
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