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Using US Census data, Table 2 shows us our individual impact. <br />W__ -- R~~ <br />1 ri~it `': ~'t 1 (~:rizata ~~ ~~ -zsl~~t~tlt~.s e~]' Cy, ;i°,.i <br />Population for Minnesota 5,200,000 people <br />Total antoun.t of discards recycled or disposed of annually 6,100,000 tons <br />Discard generation/person/year 2346.15 pounds <br />Discards/person/day 6.43 pounds <br />~~~~ <br />Table 3 shows a further breakdown of recycling by type, as reported in the SCORE data. <br />Eureka Recycling created six main diversion categories (described in the Calculating <br />dviversion section) which are used in to calculate the state-wide potential far recycling and <br />composting (in Table 5). <br />.„ <br />~ ,~lliti~ ~; l~Ft•xt'~£'-1.as}. 1>~' i € j.r= 7 , ~~'tt 1.?iz.t=a.4tc~~~ <br />'(~!1#,s ~f,~if~l:{ Ett{_~13 ~.1~Ii:S ~ .i~L`?'t>q"4. <br />Banned <br />Antifreeze 0.0C,%. l,4f}6 avoided <br />Elec[ronics 0.41% 10,38E campuren <br />Fluorescent R HID lamps U.02% 510 avoided <br />111-1W 0.{}3°/u 812 avoided <br />Lares paint f}.f}8/~ 2,011 avoided <br />Major appliances 1.59°/ 4S},193 scrlp metal <br />Used nil f}.4{)~/ 1{1,125 avoided <br />Used nil fillers ll.l 1%~ 2,688 avoided <br />Velticle batteries ].34'%, 33,792 avoided <br />Waste rites 0.74% 18,(46 tires <br />Glass <br />Food tt beverage 3. I G%. 79,772 glass <br />CRher glass I.GB%, 42,5[}2 avoided <br />Metal <br />Aluminum 1.33%~ 33SG4 alruniutun <br />Co-mingled alum/creel/tin <br />Estimated alrlrn4lrlrrl 0.58% 13,968 aluluintlm <br />Ertielrrtcd trrr/steel LUO~ 25,659 rin <br />Oihe[ {~e 17U11S ~ nOII-ferrous 14.5{J/ 36],977 .Strap illetal <br />S[ee]/nn cans f},y$/ 24,7]1{ rin <br />Organic <br />Fnod to ]ivesmck 6.62%, 1 G6,9GG compost fond <br />Food to people ll.]'8%, 4,427 compost food <br />Source-separated organics 11.3f}~/„ 7,6511 compost food <br />Other <br />Mattresses R' box springs 0.0i%~ 267 wood <br /> {].{]1% 2(7 scrap metal <br />Pelle[s 4.1 1 %~ 103,837 wood <br />Unspecified or Other 21.22% 531,626 avoided <br />Faper <br />Coutputer paper f}_0(,/ 1.60{} mix <br />Corrugated 14.32% 3fii,375 c:trdhnard <br />Magazine/catalog 1.43% 36,375 news <br />Mixed paper 10.03%, 253,186 minx <br />IVetvsprint 7.f18% 178. (125 news <br />Office paper 2.83%, 71.399 mix <br />Other paper 1.13% 28.1811 lnu <br />Phony book 0.06°/u 1,362 mix <br />)gage 7 <br />