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Jeffrey Morris Calculator
<br />Jeffrey Morris, Ph.D., Economist at Sound Resource Management in Seattle, has developed a
<br />calculator that begins with the EPA's WARM calculator and expands upon it to gather
<br />information on not just carbon and CO, but also several other important environmental and
<br />human health indicators. Although not yet snidely used, this calculator shows the significant
<br />benefits that WARM does not consider.
<br />For more information about the process of measuring the environmental benefits of waste reduction, visit
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<br />The Morris model expands and shows the benefits other than just energy savings and carbon
<br />savings. Recycling materials with zero waste in mind recognizes not just the value in the resource
<br />itself, but the contribution to the health of the community when materials are kept out oflandfills
<br />and incinerators, avoiding the toxic and carcinogenic emissions.
<br />About Eureka Recycling
<br />Eureka Recycling is the only organization in Minnesota that specializes in zero waste. The
<br />organization's services, programs, and policy work present solutions to the social, environmental,
<br />and health problems caused by wasting. A 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, based in the Twin
<br />Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Eureka Recycling's mission is to demonstrate that waste is
<br />preventable, not inevitable. Because this mission is realized by any person or group that chooses to
<br />prevent waste, Eureka Recycling provides opportunities for everyone to experience firsthand that
<br />waste can be prevented.
<br />Perhaps most well-known for its $9 million annual recycling operations, Eureka Recycling has
<br />provided curbside and apartment recycling services, education, and advocacy since 2001. Eureka
<br />Recycling has a wide range of initiatives designed to prevent the needless wasting of our discards
<br />through reuse, recycling, composting, waste reduction, producer responsibility and more. These
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<br />2001
<br />2008
<br />2009
<br />2010
<br />2011
<br />2012
<br />3,441
<br />3,682
<br />3,556
<br />3,281
<br />3,322
<br />3,243
<br />3,173
<br />Total Recycling
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />Carbon Dioxide
<br />9,437.3
<br />9,619.0
<br />9,683.5
<br />8,814.0
<br />8,739.3
<br />8,425.1
<br />8,106.2
<br />Equivalent Reduction
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />(MTCO,E )
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />Human Health-
<br />4,609.7
<br />5,253.0
<br />4,665.7
<br />4,452.0
<br />4,518.0
<br />4,699.6
<br />4,375.0
<br />Non-Carcinogen
<br />Toms Reduction
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />Human Health
<br />27.0
<br />27.3
<br />25.3
<br />25.5
<br />27.1
<br />24.3
<br />Acidification (SO,)
<br />26.9 tons
<br />Reduction
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />4.4
<br />6.6
<br />4.2
<br />4.4
<br />4.8
<br />5.9
<br />5.1
<br />Human Health
<br />Particulates Reduction
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />Human Health—
<br />1.9
<br />1.9
<br />1.9
<br />1.9
<br />1.9
<br />2.0
<br />1.8
<br />Carcinogens
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />metric
<br />Reduction
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />tons
<br />For more information about the process of measuring the environmental benefits of waste reduction, visit
<br />trttro: / /c�a., eon/ climatcchanedwvcd /wasta'mcasurco�}ie.htuil #click
<br />The Morris model expands and shows the benefits other than just energy savings and carbon
<br />savings. Recycling materials with zero waste in mind recognizes not just the value in the resource
<br />itself, but the contribution to the health of the community when materials are kept out oflandfills
<br />and incinerators, avoiding the toxic and carcinogenic emissions.
<br />About Eureka Recycling
<br />Eureka Recycling is the only organization in Minnesota that specializes in zero waste. The
<br />organization's services, programs, and policy work present solutions to the social, environmental,
<br />and health problems caused by wasting. A 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, based in the Twin
<br />Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Eureka Recycling's mission is to demonstrate that waste is
<br />preventable, not inevitable. Because this mission is realized by any person or group that chooses to
<br />prevent waste, Eureka Recycling provides opportunities for everyone to experience firsthand that
<br />waste can be prevented.
<br />Perhaps most well-known for its $9 million annual recycling operations, Eureka Recycling has
<br />provided curbside and apartment recycling services, education, and advocacy since 2001. Eureka
<br />Recycling has a wide range of initiatives designed to prevent the needless wasting of our discards
<br />through reuse, recycling, composting, waste reduction, producer responsibility and more. These
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