Departmental Waste Audit
Waste Audit consists of seven categories:
White paper
Mixed paper, newsprint
Cardboard
Glass Beverage Container
Plastic Beverage Container
Tetra pak
Aluminum Beverage Container (cans)
Waste Audit results from 1993 - 1997 are
as follows:
| kg/person/ 10
days |
May, 1993 |
June, 1994 |
Oct, 1994 |
June, 1996 |
Feb, 1997 |
| Total Waste
Material |
68.5 |
60.2 |
59.1 |
105.9 |
65.3 |
| Garbage |
23.8 |
20.8 |
19 |
28.5 |
19.7 |
| Recyclables |
44.2 |
39.8 |
39.8 |
77.38 |
47 |
|
| % of total
waste stream |
|
|
|
|
|
| Bond paper |
52.1 |
51 |
53.7 |
55.7 |
61.5 |
| Glass |
na |
na |
na |
1 |
2.3 |
| Newsprint |
3.4 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
7.6 |
0.7 |
| Cardboard |
3.4 |
7.7 |
7.3 |
8.2 |
3 |
| Aluminum |
9.1 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
| Tetra Paks |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
| % of
recyclables (in all categories) in total waste stream |
65 |
68 |
67 |
73 |
70 |
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