10 TONS Clear Beverage Bottles #1 plastic 9 TONS Other plastic containers (#2 - #7) 19 TONS PLASTICS 4 TONS GLASS BOTTLES & JARS 3 TONS Enough to cover a football field almost 6 feet deep or enough to fill an Olympic size swimming pool over 24 feet deep! www.tri-c.edu/sustainability *during the 2012-2013 academic year 1,070 TOTAL TONS OF WASTE PRODUCED TONS OF TRASH 765 Generated and Sent to a Landfill 305 TONS DIVERTED Recycled, Composted, or Reused YARD WASTE DIVERTED TONS 13 103 TONS CARDBOARD AND PAPER 45 tons Cardboard/Paperboard 29 tons Office Paper 23 tons Magazines/Catalogs 6 tons Newspaper 26 TONS TOTAL CONTAINERS ALUMINUM CANS 77 TONS S H R E D D E D PAPER SCRAP METAL LEAD-ACID BATTERIES 8 TONS REUSED 7 TONS 9 TONS 9 TONS PALLETS USED FOR FIRE TRAINING 50 TONS ELECTRONIC WASTE 2 TONS OTHER WASTE RECYCLED OR DIVERTED How much did Tri-C * recycle vs. landfill? Tri-C’s goal is to divert 50% of our waste by 2025 by recycling, composting, or reusing. We can reach this goal if everyone takes the time to recycle correctly! 3 TONS 14-4057 Breakdown of recycling: TONS Enough to cover a football field 3 feet deep or fill an Olympic size swimming pool over 12 feet deep! 129

How much did Tri-C recycle vs. landfill? · SHREDDED PAPER SCRAP METAL LEAD-ACID BATTERIES 8 TONS REUSED 7 TONS 9 TONS 9 TONS PALLETS USED FOR FIRE TRAINING 50 TONS ELECTRONIC WASTE

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Page 1: How much did Tri-C recycle vs. landfill? · SHREDDED PAPER SCRAP METAL LEAD-ACID BATTERIES 8 TONS REUSED 7 TONS 9 TONS 9 TONS PALLETS USED FOR FIRE TRAINING 50 TONS ELECTRONIC WASTE

10 TONS Clear Beverage Bottles #1 plastic

9 TONS Other plastic containers (#2 - #7)

19 TON

PLASTICS

4 TON

GLASSBOTTLES& JARS

3TONS

Enough to cover a football field almost 6 feet deep or enough to fill

an Olympic size swimming pool over 24 feet deep!

www.tri-c.edu/sustainability

*during the 2012-2013 academic year

1,070TOTAL TONS OF

WASTE PRODUCED

TONS OF TRASH765

Generated and Sent to a Landfill305TONS DIVERTEDRecycled, Composted, or Reused

YARD WASTE DIVERTED

TONS13

103TONS

CARDBOARD AND PAPER 45 tons Cardboard/Paperboard 29 tons Office Paper 23 tons Magazines/Catalogs 6 tons Newspaper

26 TON

TOTALCONTAINERS

ALUMINUMCANS

77 TON

SHREDDED PAPER SCRAP METAL

LEAD-ACID BATTERIES

8TONSREUSED

7TONS

9TONS

9 TON

SPALLETS

USED FOR FIRE TRAINING

50 TON

ELECTRONIC WASTE

2 TON

OTHER WASTE RECYCLED OR DIVERTED

How much did Tri-C* recycle vs. landfill?

Tri-C’s goal is to divert 50% of our waste by 2025 by recycling, composting, or reusing. We can reach this goal if everyone takes the time to recycle correctly!

3TONS

14-4057

Breakdown of recycling:

TONSEnough to cover a football field 3 feet deep or fill

an Olympic size swimming pool over 12 feet deep!

129