|
AMOUNT
RECYCLED |
|
|
YEAR
|
Lbs |
Tons |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
1991-92 |
53,180 |
26.590 |
|
|
1992-93 |
67,301 |
33.651 |
|
|
1993-94 |
95,173 |
47.587 |
|
|
1994-95 |
91,878 |
45.939 |
|
|
1995-96
|
127,646 |
63.823 |
|
|
1996-97 |
154,140 |
77.070 |
|
|
1997-98 |
144,444 |
72.222 |
|
|
1998-99 |
180,721 |
90.361 |
|
|
1999-2000 |
242,600 |
121.300 |
|
|
2000-2001 |
261,850 |
130.930 |
|
|
2001-2002 |
305,640 |
152.820 |
|
| |
2002-2003 |
319,140 |
159.570 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL: |
2,043,713 Lbs |
1021.856 Tons |
|
One ton of recycled material saves 17 trees,
4,100 KWH of electricity, 3 cubic yards of landfill space,
and prevents 60 pounds of solid air pollutants
from entering the atmosphere.
Therefore, since 1991, Winthrop University has
saved 17,371 trees,
4,189,626 KWH of electricity,
3,065 cubic yards of
landfill space and 61,311
pounds of solid air pollutants, due
to our recycling efforts.
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