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Another way to look at it is that the residents of Roseville prevented the <br />environmental impact of having burned a 55 gallon drum of gasoline for each <br />household. <br />Although WARM is the most widely peer-reviewed, and accepted model, it is considered to <br />have several flaws. Many believe the use of this calculator is conservative, and understates <br />the real impact of waste reduction efforts, but it offers a conservative starting place to <br />measure our impacts, and work towards our goals. Even with these conservative <br />calculations, the impacts of Roseville's recycling program prove to be quite significant. <br />Measuring Environmental Benefits Calculator (MEBCaICTM) <br />Jeffrey Morris, PIED., 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 CO2, but also several other important environmental, <br />and human health indicators. Although not yet widely used, this calculator shows the <br />significant benefits that WARM does not consider. <br />The MEBCaICTM model expands, and shows the benefits other than just energy savings, and <br />carbon savings. Recycling materials with zero waste in mind recognizes not just the value <br />in the resource itself, but the contribution to the health of the community when materials <br />are kept out of landfills, and incinerators, avoiding the toxic, and carcinogenic emissions. <br />Roseulle 1 2006 1 2007 1 2008 1 2009 1 2010 1 2011 1 2012 1 2013 1 2014 1 2015 1 2016 1 <br />Total Recycling Tons <br />3441 <br />3682 <br />3556 <br />3281 <br />3322 <br />3243 <br />3173 <br />3225 <br />3212 <br />3305 <br />3320 <br />Carbon Dioxide Equivalent <br />Reduction Metric Tons <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 />8,478.7 <br />8,386.3 <br />8,159.5 <br />8,088.0 <br />(eCO2) <br />Human Health <br />Carcinogens Reduction Metric <br />1.9 <br />1.9 <br />1.9 <br />1.9 <br />1.9 <br />2 <br />1.8 <br />1.9 <br />1.7 <br />1.7 <br />1.7 <br />Tons eBenzene <br />Human Health <br />Non -Carcinogen Toxins <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 />4,280.1 <br />3,953.0 <br />3,810.2 <br />4,064.9 <br />Reduction Metric Tons <br />eToluene <br />Human Health <br />Particulates Reduction Metric <br />4.4 <br />6.6 <br />4.2 <br />4.4 <br />4.8 <br />5.9 <br />5.1 <br />4.2 <br />3.6 <br />3.3 <br />4.4 <br />Tons (ePMzs) <br />Acidification Reduction <br />Metric Tons (eS02) <br />26.9 <br />27 <br />27.3 <br />25.3 <br />25.5 <br />27.1 <br />24.3 <br />25.7 <br />22.7 <br />20.6 <br />22.1 <br />11 <br />