NRMCA - RecyclingCalculator - Vs 2010 1-1

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Using the Recycling Calculator:
1. Choose the material you would like to recycle.
2. Insert the amount of recyclable materials or units in the respective tab “
3. Press enter.
4. The product of energy saved through recycling automatically appears in
energy used.”
5. The recycling rate states the current amount of recycled materials of dis
the United States.
6. Please click on the “Fact” button for additional information.

Software Requirements:
* In order to use this calculator MS Office Excel 2003(Office 2004 for Mac)
required.
* Windows XP SP2 or Above or Macintosh OS X 10.5 or above.
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Amount Insert
Material Unit Energy (BTU)
(lbs/gallon) Amount
Unit
Aluminum Lbs. 34 Cans =1 Lbs. 0.000 BTU 3025.000
Anti-freeze (EG) Gal. 1 Lbs. 0.000 heat value in liters of oil 3.500
Cardboard Lbs. 1 Lbs. 0.000 million BTU 6.600
Concrete Lbs. Lbs. 0.000 Mega Joules 0.405
Copper Lbs. Lbs. 0.000 million BTU 42.410
Fly ash Lbs. 1 Lbs. 0.000 million tons of CO2 10.900
Glass Lbs. 1 Bottle 0.000 BTU 2155.000
Lumber Lbs. 1 Lbs. 0.000 ton of CO2 0.010
Rubber/Tire Lbs. 1 Lbs. 0.000 Gal. oil (35 for new tire) 20.833
Oil Gal. 1 Gallon 0.000 grams of CO2 2.421
Used oil filters Lbs. 1 Filter 0.000 See 1) 0.000
Vehicle battery Lbs. 1 Battery 0.000 See 2) 0.000
Paper Lbs. 1 Lbs 0.000 Lbs. of CO2 0.341
Plastic Lbs. 1 Bottle 0.000 BTU 2013.000

Steel cans Lbs. 1 Can 0.000 BTU 1708.000
Total
Recycling
energy Facts
rate (%)
used
0.000 50.000
0.000 12.000
0.000 77.000
0.000 98.000
0.000 85.000
0.000 44.000
0.000 28.000
0.000 40.000
0.000 35.400
0.000 > 60
0.000 27.000
0.000 99.200
0.000 70.900
0.000 27.200
0.000 62.800
1.000
0.900
0.800
0.700
0.600
0.500
0.400
0.300
0.200
0.100
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Aluminum
Anti-freeze (EG)
Cardboard
Concrete
Copper
Fly ash
Glass
Lumber
Rubber/Tire
Oil
Used oil filters
Vehicle battery
Paper
Plastic
Steel cans
NRMCA's Recycling Calculator Information Prepared by Maria S.A. Cruz
Recycling one aluminum can produces enough energy to watch television for three hours.
Ethylene glycol is produced from natural gas which is a non-renewable resource.
For every 1 ton of cardboard that we recycle we can save 9 cubic yards of landfill space.
As a nearly inert material, concrete is an ideal medium for recycling waste or industrial byproducts. Many materials that would end
landfills can be used instead to make concrete.
Estimations state that at least 80 % of copper that was ever mined is still in existence.
Fly ash utilization, especially in concrete, has significant environmental benefits including: (1) increasing the life of concrete road
structures by improving concrete durability, (2) net reduction in energy use and greenhouse gas and other adverse air emissions whe
used to replace or displace manufactured cement, (3) reduction in amount of coal combustion products that must be disposed in land
(4) conservation of other natural resources and materials.
Glass can be recycled a indefinite number of times and never wears out.
The US consumes 33 percent of the world’s timber and paper.
The production of one pound of recycled rubber vs. one pound of new rubber requires only 29 % of energy.
Motor oil never wears out, it just gets dirty. Oil can be recycled, re-refined and used again, reducing our reliance on imported o
Recycling all the filters sold annually in the United States would result in the recovery of about 160,000 tons of steel, or enough stee
16 new stadiums the size of Atlanta's Turner Stadium
Recycling saves resources because recovered plastic and metals can be used to make new batteries.
To produce each week's Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.
The plastic recycling industry provides jobs for more that 52,000 American workers.
One ton of recycled steel saves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400 pounds of coal and 120 pound of limestone.
1) The oil in used filters can be drain out and the remaining materials can be recycled as scrap metal.
2) Around 90 percent of the components can be recycled ,however this is done in third world countries.
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NRMCA’s Recycling Calculator
References
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Bureau of International Recycling. (n/a). Non-Ferrous Metals. Retrieved from
http://www.bir.org/industry/non-ferrous-metals/.
California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recover. (2010). Used oil and filter facts.
Retrieved from http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/usedoil/facts.htm.
Cardboard recycling. (2010). Facts. Retrieved from http://cardboardrecycling.org/.
Chan, A. (2005). Ethylene Glycol – antifreeze. Retrieved from
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Citizens for Recycling First. (2008). About the counter. Retrieved from
http://www.recyclingfirst.org/about-the-counter.php.
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Container Recycling Institute. (2008). Energy required to manufacture beverage containers.
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Recycling has becom

cases are finite resources. Recy

Recycling has become a

atically appears in the tab “Total

ed materials of discarded materials in

ce 2004 for Mac) or a later version is

Cardboard Lbs. 1 Lbs. 0.000 million BTU 6.600

Concrete Lbs. Lbs. 0.000 Mega Joules 0.405

Copper Lbs. Lbs. 0.000 million BTU 42.410

Fly ash Lbs. 1 Lbs. 0.000 million tons of CO2 10.900

Glass Lbs. 1 Bottle 0.000 BTU 2155.000

Lumber Lbs. 1 Lbs. 0.000 ton of CO2 0.010

Oil Gal. 1 Gallon 0.000 grams of CO2 2.421

Used oil filters Lbs. 1 Filter 0.000 See 1) 0.000

Vehicle battery Lbs. 1 Battery 0.000 See 2) 0.000

Paper Lbs. 1 Lbs 0.000 Lbs. of CO2 0.341

Plastic Lbs. 1 Bottle 0.000 BTU 2013.000

Ethylene glycol is produced from natural gas which is a non-renewable resource.

The US consumes 33 percent of the world’s timber and paper.

terials that would end up in

e life of concrete roads and

eliance on imported oil.

steel, or enough steel to make

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