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Results from the Latest Waste Audit

Glamorous they weren't, but the dumpster dives conducted by ESC's Reduce, Reuse, Recycle subcommittee (R3) in January 1994 and January 1995 did yield pay dirt. Shown below are totals, in pounds, representing the entire landfill-bound waste streams at the Mesa and Foothills Labs for the 48-hour periods sampled each year. Items that had been sent at earlier points for recycling were excluded. This year's waste auditors were Eron Brennan, Christine Brodeur, Forrest Cook, Judy Dayhoff, Hank Fisher, Bob Henson, Sue Jensen, Hillary Keyes, Dave Maddy, David McNutt, Judy Miller, Corinne Morse, Jerry Olson, Nan Rosenbloom, Paula Rubin, Stephanie Shearer, and Dick Valent. Dean Lindstrom, R3 program manager, thanks the gang for "rolling up their sleeves and diving in."

Year/Site     94,95/ML     94,95/FL   94,95/TOTAL



Compost       183, 37      150, 36    333, 73

Plastic       46, 4        30, 21     76, 25

Gabled        --, 0.2      2.8, 0.9   2.8, 1.1

Trash         264, 140     98, 114    362, 254

Commingled    32, 25       13, 4.3    45, 30

OfficePak     148, 69      159, 49    307, 117

Totals        673, 275     453, 225   1126, 500

 
Compost:  vegetable matter
Plastic:  nonrecyclable plastic
Gabled:  milk containers and other cartons
Trash:  items falling outside other categories
Commingled:  cans, bottles, #1 and #2 plastic bottles
OfficePak:  mixed office paper

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