Sustainability Office
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1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-696-8138
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macalester discards summer 2007-2008
   

Months Materials (pounds)	Mixed Papers 07-08	Cardboard 07-08	Bottles and Cans 07-08	TOTAL Recycling	Garbage	Total Discards (pounds)	Recycling Rate
Sept	5,914	10,880	2,726	19,520	67,623	87,143	22%
Oct	7,671	13,000	3,820	24,491	86,177	110,668	22%
Nov	7,560	6,600	3,904	18,064	80,892	98,956	18%
Dec	6,498	6,420	2,850	15,768	66,864	82,632	19%
Jan	4,485	1,419	2,840	8,744	45,453	54,197	16%
Feb	6,537	7,800	2,799	17,136	73,988	91,124	19%
March	5,844	5,620	2,535	13,999	56,877	70,876	20%
April	7,085	9,000	6,959	23,044	64,277	87,321	26%
May	6,233	4,480	3,233	13,946	38,238	52,184	27%
June	3,978	2,640	1,479	8,097	22,164	30,261	27%
July				-		-
August				-		-
TOTAL	51,594	60,739	28,433	140,766	542,151	682,917	21%
MACALESTER COLLEGE DISCARDS SUMMARY 2006-2007
Months Materials (pounds)	Mixed Papers 06-07	Cardboard 06-07	Bottles and Cans 06-07	TOTAL recycling	Garbage	Total Discards (pounds)	Recycling Rate
Sept	5,227	8,140	1,175	14,542	94,920	109,462	13%
Oct	7,725	8,380	2,739	18,844	93,860	112,704	17%
Nov	6,576	8,680	3,958	19,214	71,460	90,674	21%
Dec	6,153	5,860	2,561	14,574	65,040	79,614	18%
Jan	5,183	2,580	2,254	10,017	46,440	56,457	18%
Feb	5,389	7,080	3,199	15,668	59,105	74,773	21%
March	5,639	6,740	2,275	14,654	59,439	74,093	20%
April	5,528	7,420	3,786	16,734	69,451	86,185	19%
May	5,030	5,020	1,603	11,653	39,534	51,187	23%
June	3,659	1,940	807	6,406	37,592	43,998	15%
July	2,575	1,480	605	4,660	33,323	37,983	12%
August	4,836	5,540	1,056	11,432	44,439	55,871	20%
TOTAL	63,520	68,860	26,018	158,398	714,603	873,001	18%
This data was tracked and assembled by Eureka Recycling working in partnership with Macalester College through a resource management contract.Eureka Recycling's mission is to reduce waste today through innovation and resouce management and to reach a waste free tomorrow by demonstrating that waste is preventable, not inevitable

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