Campus Recycling facts
"Recycling an aluminum can uses approximately 4% of the energy it would take to create a new one from raw ore, conserving enough energy to operate a TV for about 3-hours."
Ripley's Believe it or Not
Campus Facts Reported for 2006
Campus disposed of 9,245 total tons of trash and recycled an additional 7,986.66 total tons for a 86% diversion rate. Outstanding! Here's some of the specifics:
Athletics Department
Uses the services of Allied Waste Services of Fresno for recycling tonnage collected from sporting events. Softball recycled 61.63 tons and football recycled a total of 59.60 tons.
Bottles and cans from football:
Plastic Bottles 3,847 lbs (1.93 tons)
Aluminum cans 924 lbs (.46 tons)
Glass bottles 3,340 lbs (1.67 tons)
Business Source Reduction = Paper Savings
To calculate the number of tons of paper campus saved last year by using email: use 1/4 of total number of emails sent to calculate paper savings. We sent roughly 5.5 million emails with 1/4 being 1.37 million pieces of paper or 6.85 tons of paper saved.
Landscaping & Compost
1,000 tons of compost annually is used in the fields. this compost consists of manure and straw from our livestock units plus leaves collected from around campus. Interested in compost? Learn about Green-cycle, a campus compost generation project.
e-Waste (electronic waste)
Total collects from all campus e-Waste events = 335,960 tons
Library Deconstruction
Library demolition in 2006 contributed the following to recycling:
Concrete 5,846.86 tons
Demolition Debris 1,719.41 tons
Green waste 5.33 tons
Campus Trash Recycled
Paper, bottle, glass = 1,137.11 tons
Concrete (separate from the library) 340 tons
Green waste 5.33 tons
Chestnut Widening Project
Wood recycled from tree removal = 706.50 tons
Annual Reports
Campus submits an annual report to the State of California depicting our progress towards reducing waste. To view annual reports for any campus in California use the State Organization and Agency Recycling Database.
