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FACTS & FIGURES 2001-2002

Materials
Tons, Volume or Weight
Cardboard 736.16
# 1 and 2 Plastic Bottles 6.88
Magazines/Catalogues 265.20
Office Paper 314.15
Steel Cans 28.77
Beverage Cans 16.79
Glass Bottles 99.45
Newspaper 177.49
Subtotal 1645.00 Tons
   
Scrap Metal 379.84
Finished Compost 351.00
Carpeting 0.00
Motor Oil 5.25
Mattresses 15.00
Flexible Packaging 190 - 60 gal. bags
Tyvek Envelopes 1 - 60 gal. bag
Surplus 3228 items sold for $99.215.00
Toner Cartridges 5.50
Pallets 88
Textiles 8.5
Video/Data Tapes & CDs 6000 Video Tapes, 300 Data Tapes and a pallet of CDs
Florescent Tubes 21,529 Tubes of various sizes
CFC Gas 1535 Pounds
Heating Plant Coal Ash 1600 tons reused
Tires 270
Buy Recycled 8% of The Main and Regional Campus Purchases
Intercampus Envelopes 2592 recovered - 200 envelopes = $50.00
= $300.00
Reusables 186.00 tons
Scrap Wood 18 tons
EPS/EPP 2 - 53 ft. semi-tractor trailer loads shipped
Reusable Bag uses 1352 uses of reusable bags to recycle confidential paper This represents bags not thrown away after one use.



Trash
Contract
ACRC Figures
Cubic Yards
64,020
76,857
Tons
1,940
2,320

Regional Campuses
Lancaster Trash Recycling 33 Tons
7 Tons
Chillicothe Trash Recycling 57 Tons
9 Tons
Eastern Trash Recycling 11 Tons
6 Tons
Zanesville Trash Recycling 76 Tons
20 Tons
Ironton Trash Recycling 38 Tons



C & D Waste Recovery
  • 1290 Tons of Asphalt extracted from Oxbow Drive, ground up and used back as pavement and back fill for new paving of this road.
  • Airport Projects - 9 stake-bed truckloads of wood, metal, reusables and cardboard.
  • Athena Theater Renovation - Cardboard recovery
  • Bentley Demolition - 5 stake-bed truckloads of wood
  • Bromley Hall Renovations - Ceiling tile, ductwork, ceiling grid, pick-up truck load of carpeting
    Scrap metal from pool renovations and food service equipment replacement.
  • Nelson Dining Services - Replacement of Serving Equipment, 20 cubic yards
    Some plywood recovery.
  • Bryan Hall - Scrap metal pipe
  • Tennis Court Upgrade - cardboard, packing materials
  • Old Heating Plant - old door, packing materials
  • Ridges Bldg 21 and 22 - Scrap Wood, Scrap metal, cardboard and Pallets, 3 dumptruck loads
  • Human Resources - Metal (ductwork), cardboard, pallets, scrapwood
  • Innovation Center - Scrap metal
  • Lancaster Renovations - 3 stakebed truckloads of metal and surplus
  • Chillicothe - scrap metal and surplus
  • Life Sciences - Pallets, crating cardboard, scrapwood - 25 dumptruck loads
  • Nelson Mini Mall - Reusables
  • Rt. 56 Renovations - boards, scrap wood, left behind reusables and recyclables, 6 dumpstruck loads
  • R-Tech Labs - Scrap metal,
  • New South Repairs - Valves, doors, misc items
  • Johnson Hall - Pallets, scrap wood, cardboard
  • RTV - Attic clear outs and Renovation Pickups -
  • Dougan and Cady Furniture Replacement - two semi loads of recovered furniture.
  • PSAC/Tiffin/McKee House - Closed down buildings that Campus Recycling Cleaned out all of the non connected to the building materials.



Move-In 2002
15.5 Tons of Trash 34%
46.5 Tons of Cardboard 66%


 
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