| Table 4. Life Cycle Stage Comparisons | ||||||||
| Note: These figures are based on an average ton of recycled commodities. | ||||||||
| Energy Used During Recycling Collection & Processing | Energy Used During MSW Collection and Landfill | Energy Used During MSW Collection, Processing & Incineration | Energy Used for the State's Average Mix of Landfill and Incineration | |||||
| Energy Used during Each Stage of the Materials Life Cycle (mil. Btu/ton) | 0.838 | 0.312 | 1.088 | #DIV/0! | ||||
| Total Energy Used Based on # of tons of Recycled paper, metals, glass and plastics (mil. Btu) | 0 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! | ||||
| Sources: | ||||||||
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| Denison, Richard A., "Environmental Life-Cycle Comparisons of Recycling, Landfilling and Incineration: A Review of Recent Studies, | ||||||||
| Annual Review of Energy and the Environment. 1996.21:191-237. | ||||||||
| Franklin Associates, "The Role of Recycling in Integrated Waste Management to the Year 2000." For Keep America Beautiful. 1994. | ||||||||
| Tellus Institute. "The Role of Recycling in Integrated Waste Management to the Year 2000." For Keep America Beautiful. 1994. | ||||||||
| Comparison of Energy Used During Each Life Cycle Stage - | ||||||||
| based on tons of recycled paper, plastic, metals and glass (trillion BTU) | ||||||||
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