Green Fact: Samford's 2008 Recycling efforts saved 547 mature trees! See more Green Facts here...
GREEN FACTS
| Pounds of equipment recycled in Green Clean Project | 5748 |
| Landfill airspace saved (cu yd) | 119.21 |
| Number of mature trees saved | 547.32 |
| Kw-hr of electricity saved (Recycling) | 147648 |
| Kw-hr of electricity saved (Waste-to-Energy) | 0 |
| Gallons of oil saved | 3077.47 |
| Gallons of water saved | 213290 |
Notes:
- Source of benefits per ton of scrap metal recycled: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Swiss Federal Office of Environment, Waste Management.
- Source of benefits per ton of cardboard and paper recycled: National Recycling Coalition; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Forest Products Lab; Bringrecycling.org; One Earth Recycle.com.
- Source of benefits per ton of aluminum recycled: International Aluminum Institute.
- Source of benefits per ton of plastic recycled: NAPCOR (National Association for PET Container Resources.)
- Source of benefits per ton of glass recycled: Earth Works Group Recycler's Handbook, Waste Management.
- Source of benefits per ton of pallets recycled: Gaylord Corporation, Waste Management.
- Source of benefits per ton of waste managed at waste-to-energy facility: Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc., Waste Management.
