Landfill tipping average fee is $35 per ton and an average truck load weighs 21 tons. Landfill tipping average fee is $35 per ton and an average truck load weighs 21 tons.
Georgia landfills receive 10 pounds of garbage per resident, per day. Almost 75% of that could be recycled or omposted for beneficial reuse. Imagine, a sack of potatoes worth of arbage, every day, for every one of the state s 9 million residents.
Why are we paying $90 million to forever bury $250 million worth of recyclable material, while Georgia-based industries have to look elsewhere for their feedstock and truck it here, at $3 per gallon in fuel?
More than 3.2 million tons of electronic waste accumulates in U.S. landfills each year. (In Georgia approx. 125,000 tons accumulate annually.)
Computers have several elements: lead, mercury, cadmium, that are regulated as hazardous wastes by U.S. EPA and all states. Electronics can present an environmental hazard if they are disposed of improperly.
Computers, monitors, TVs, and other electronics can be recycled providing valuable recovered materials for remanufacturing, while removing potentially harmful elements from our air and water.
While we may have 3 times as much wood available as we did 80 years ago due to tree farms replacing old growth, Americans consume 15 times more paper today. Without paper recycling, we would need to increase timber harvesting by 80% just to keep up with demand in the next 10 years.
A paper mill uses 20% less energy to make paper from recycled paper than it does to make paper from trees.
Composting yard trimmings and other organics conserves landfill space and replenishes our depleted soils.
Using compost helps to enhance waterretention capabilities of soil limiting the need for outdoor watering. It is often applied to reduce soil erosion as it improves soil s texture.
The U.S. recycled 3.3 billion pounds of post-consumer plastics in 2005, keeping it out of landfills.
Glass can be recycled an indefinite number of times and never wears out.
Making glass from recycled material cuts related water pollution by 50%.
Recycling 1 glass bottle saves enough electricity to light a 60 watt bulb for 4 hours.
Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for hours.
Recycling 125 aluminum cans saves enough energy to power 1 home for 1 day.
Recycling aluminum cans saves 95% of the energy required to make the same amount of aluminum from its original source, bauxite.
The average person has the opportunity to recycle more than 25,000 cans in a life time.
The aluminum beverage can is remanufactured and returns to the grocer s shelf in as few as 60 days after collection.
Fossil fuels like oil and gasoline are finite resources, meaning that there is no way to make more of them. Using recycled materials saves fossil fuel because they have already been refined and processed once. Manufacturing these materials a second time requires less energy.
Making paper from recycled paper reduces contributions to air pollution by 95%.
Five PET bottles (soda bottles) yield enough fiber for one x-large T-shirt, one square food of carpet, or one ski jacket.
Half of all polyester carpeting is made from recycled beverage bottle plastic.
Recycling a stack of newspapers just 3 feet high saves 1 tree.
Recycling one ton of paper saves 7,000 gallons of water.
Americans throw away enough office paper each year to build a 12 foot high wall of paper from New York to Seattle.
Making paper from recycled paper reduces contributions to air pollution by 95%.
One ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees.
Recycling a pound of steel saves enough energy to light a 60-watt bulb for 26 hours.
Plastics require 100 to 400 years to break down at the landfill. It takes approximately 1 million years for a glass bottle to break down at the landfill.
80% of plastic waste ends up in landfills including 60 million plastic water bottles a day.
For every 3,700 two liter plastic bottles recycled, a barrel of oil (42 gallons) is saved.
Every 3 months Americans landfill enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet.
The recycling industry nationally employs over 1.1 million people and generates an annual payroll of nearly $37 billion.
27% of the garbage entering Georgia s municipal solid waste landfills is commonly recyclable. In 2004, more than 2.3 million tons of discarded material could have been recycled.
Cars contain recycled steel and plastic in increasing amounts. A new auto battery contains nearly 100% recycled materials.
Recycling saves energy and reduces air pollution as well as greenhouse gas emissions.
Every year, more than 3 million batteries are used and then thrown away by American households who use single-use and rechargeable dry cell batteries that s 125,000 tons of batteries discarded each year.
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SUSTAINABILITY IN SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS Melinda Scarborough MPH, REHS Food Safety & Security Specialist All rights reserved. www.gadoe.org Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
SUSTAINABILITY in School Nutrition Programs Protecting the Future of Those We Serve
SUSTAINABILITY Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle A reduction in amount of waste reduces the cost of disposal Give food waste to farmers for composting Compact waste with pulpers Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
10 TIPS FOR GOING GREEN 1. TAKE STOCK 2. CONSERVE YOUR ENERGY 3. MAKE EVERY DROP COUNT 4. PRACTICE THE 3 R S 5. MAKE SOME FUEL Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
10 TIPS FOR GOING GREEN 6. FEED THE WORMS 7. BUY LOCAL 8. PLANT A SEED 9. BE A GREEN CLEANER 10.TALK IT UP Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
1. TAKE STOCK Learn all you can about sustainability Do a walk through assessment of your facilities Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
2. CONSERVE YOUR ENERGY Turn it OFF Use compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) Use motion detectors Purchase ENERGY STAR rated equipment Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
3. MAKE EVERY DROP COUNT Don t turn it on until it is needed Turn it off immediately when it is not needed Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
Reduce Reuse Recycle 4. PRACTICE THE 3 R S Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle A reduction in amount of waste reduces the cost of disposal Give food waste to farmers for composting Compact waste with pulpers Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Donate leftovers to charity Reuse when possible Consider what can be recycled before purchasing Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
5. MAKE SOME FUEL Sell or give away used grease and cooking oil to a company that will make biofuel Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
6. FEED THE WORMS Compost waste - on-site - sell or give to someone who will Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
7. BUY LOCAL Improve children s health Support local farmers and the economy Reduce costs of transporting over long distances Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
8. PLANT A SEED Support student clubs and classes that plant school gardens Use the school garden for nutrition education activities Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
9. BE A GREEN CLEANER Minimize the impact of cleaning materials on the health of building occupants and protect the environment as a whole Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
9. BE A GREEN CLEANER Laws in New York, Missouri, Maine, Massachusetts and Illinois Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools, The Health Schools Campaign Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
10. TALK IT UP Develop a sustainability policy Educate employees Engage students, teachers and parents Georgia School Nutrition Program We We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
10. TALK IT UP Involve and inform the community Provide a link to schools websites that tells about sustainability efforts Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
The seriousness of the ecological issue lays bare the depth of man s moral crisis.simplicity, moderation and discipline, as well as a spirit of sacrifice must become a part of everyday life. Pope John Paul II (1920-2005), Peace with God the Creator, Peace with All of Creation Georgia School Nutrition Program We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.
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