Traffic areas with high volumes of trash. SmartBin views the sorting and compaction market as being most efficient in high. UNIVERSITIES RECYCLE LESS THAN THE NATIONAL RATEīUT WHY WOULD A UNIVERSITY BUY A SMARTBIN? THE MEAN RECYCLING RATE OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES IS LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL RATE OF 34% WE INVESTIGATED THESE SAMPLE STATISTICS FURTHER TO CONCLUDE:ĩ5% CONFIDENT THE MEAN RECYCLING RATE OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES IS BETWEEN 22.9% AND 29.6% Rating System™(STARS) a program of AASHE (Association for theĪdvancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) * Data collected from The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & UNIVERSITIES: SURPRISINGLY BAD AT RECYCLING USES EXISTING TECHNOLOGY TO AUTOMATICALLY SCAN ANDĢ AFTER SCANNING/DETECTION, SMARTBIN AUTOMATICALLYģ USES EXISTING COMPACTING TECHNOLOGY TO COMPACTĪUTOMATICALLY SORTS TRASH FROM RECYCLABLES.ĪND EARLY FEEDBACK FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS ISĭATA* ON 50 SAMPLE UNIVERSITIES IN THE US, LOOKING AT THE Data released with permission from City of Fort Worth, TX Performed for the City of Fort Worth, TX – April, 2014. Data from Waste Characterization Study. Source: Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. WITH OVER 50% OF THE TOTAL RECYCLABLES CATALOGED THE WASTE BIN CONTAINED A NUMBER OF RECYCLABLES,.OF THAT 28%, 12% WERE NONRECYCLABLE MATERIALS.72% OF TOTAL MATERIAL WENT TO TRASH WITH ONLY 28%.OF WASTE BINS VERSUS RECYCLING BINS IN THE CITY. THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS TO MEASURE THE COMPOSITION GBB, AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTING FIRM CONDUCTED A STUDY IN "Waste & Recycling." Web Accessed April 25, 2015. "Recycling Facts & Statistics." Web Accessed April 25, 2015. "10 FAST FACTS ON RECYCLING." Web Accessed April 25, 2015. IN 2009, AMERICANS THREW AWAY ALMOST 9 MILLION TONS OF THE 36 BILLION ALUMINUM CANS LANDFILLED LAST YEARĪMERICANS THROW AWAY ABOUT 28 BILLION BOTTLES AND STREAM IS RECYCLABLE, BUT WE ONLY RECYCLE ABOUT 30%Ģ THE CONTAINER RECYCLING INSTITUTE (CRI) ESTIMATES THAT THE EPA ESTIMATES THAT 75% OF THE AMERICAN WASTE SO WHY IS THERE A GAP BETWEEN REALITY AND PERCENT OR MORE OF THEIR RECYCLABLE ITEMS” BUT THEĪCTUAL RECYCLING RATE IS MUCH LOWER, ONLY 34%. PER A 2012 KELTON STUDY, AMERICANS “SAY THEY RECYCLE 75 WITH ONLY 87 MILLION TONS (34%) BEING RECYCLED – 167 MILLION IN 2013, AMERICANS GENERATED 254 MILLION TONS OF TRASH PAULO PAIVA, KRISHNA VANSADIA, ELIZABETH HSU GROUP 1: JEFF BRANZ, RAVISH MAJITHIA, CARLOS GARCIA CORRAL, JOAO
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