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Recycling For Sustainability
Jill Holbert Deputy Director, Solid Waste
Management Department City of Albuquerque jholbert
_at_cabq.gov Office [phone]
http//www.cabq.gov/solidwaste
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Solid Waste - National Challenge

• throw away society
• US 7 of world pop.
• US consumes 50 of worlds resources
• US generates 37 of worlds trash

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2006 US MSW Composition 251 Million Tons
(before recycling)
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Solid Waste - Local Challenge

• NM municipal solid waste 2 million tons
• Albuquerque 600,000 tons per year
• or 1,655 tons
• per day

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Did you know?

• "We don't have a waste problem, we have a
  resource opportunity."

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Benefits of Recycling

• Reduces disposal costs
• Represents GREEN practices
• ALSO
• Increases jobs
• Reduces GHG emissions
• Saves energy
• Saves resources

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Recycling Increases Jobs
Job Creation Reuse Recycling vs.
Disposal Type of Operation Jobs per 10,000
TPY Computer Reuse 296 Textile
Reclamation 85 Misc. Durables Reuse
62 Wooden Pallet Repair 28 Paper Mills
18 Glass Product Manufacturers
26 Plastic Product Manufacturers
93 Conventional Materials Recovery Facilities
10 Composting 4 Landfill 1
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Reduces Emissions

• US recycling GHG equivalent to removing over 25
  million cars from the road per year
• New Mexico recycling GHG equivalent to removing
  115,789 cars from the road per year

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Energy Savings by Material
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Recycling Saves Resources

• According to Weyerhaeuser's Environmental
  Savings, recycling one ton of paper saves
• 17 trees
• 6,953 gallons of water
• 462.57 gallons of oil
• 586.5 pounds of air pollution
• 3.06 cubic yards of landfill space
• 4,077.45 KWhr of energy

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Recycling as a Resource--Steel

• Future Recycling Could Replace Mining for US
  Iron Supply
• 1900-2004, 3.2 billion metric tons in use
• Metal in use metal still in ground
• Demolition of buildings infrastructure, cars
• US iron ore declining in quality
• Recycling eliminates 75
• of energy reqd

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And finally, remember to.
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