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| Table 5. Reduced Air Emissions and Waterborne Wastes | |||||||||||||
| Note: These figures are based on an average ton of recycled commodities -- statewide totals for recycled paper, plastic, glass and metals are used to generate the estimates. Air and water emissions vary considerably in their level of toxicity and other environmental impacts. | |||||||||||||
| Reduced Emissions Due to
Recycling (tons) |
Reduced Emissions Due to
Recycling (tons) |
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| AIR EMISSIONS | WATERBORNE WASTES | ||||||||||||
| aldehydes | 0.0 | acid | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| ammonia | 0.0 | ammonia | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| carbon dioxide | 0.0 | BOD | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| carbon monoxi | 0.0 | COD | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| chlorine | 0.0 | cyanide | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| hydrogen flouri | 0.0 | dissolved solids | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| lead | 0.0 | flourides | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| hydrogen chlori | 0.0 | iron | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| metals | 0.0 | metal ion | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| hydrocarbons | 0.0 | oil | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| methane | 0.0 | phenol | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| nitrogen oxides | 0.0 | sulfuric acid | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| other organics | 0.0 | suspended solids | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| particulates | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
| sulfur oxides | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
| Total (Excluding CO2 and Methane) | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
| Sources: | |||||||||||||
| 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. Page 227. | |||||||||||||
| Franklin Associates. "The Role of Recycling in Integrated Waste Management to the Year 2000." For Keep America Beautiful. 1994. | |||||||||||||
| For information on sources of acid rain emissions to compare to the reductions resulting | |||||||||||||
| from recycling in your state, see | http://yosemite.epa.gov/globalwarming/ghg.nsf/emissions/EmissionsFromElectricUtilities?Open | ||||||||||||
| Reductions in Air Emissions and Waterborne Wastes | |||||||||||||
| due to Recycling + Recycling Manufacture (metric tons) | |||||||||||||
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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. Page 227. | |||||||||||||
| Franklin Associates. "The Role of Recycling in Integrated Waste Management to the Year 2000." For Keep America Beautiful. 1994. | |||||||||||||
| For information on sources of acid rain emissions to compare to the reductions resulting | |||||||||||||
| from recycling in your state, see | |||||||||||||