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5. Avoided Disposal. This category includes items that are currently diverted
<br />from the waste stream, but do not currently have quantified upstream benefits.
<br />There certainly is an environmental benefit to handling these naaterials
<br />properly, but many of these benefits are associated with toxics reductions and
<br />less directly related to climate change. These items include batteries, household
<br />hazardous waste and other "banned" items such as oils and paint. This category
<br />also includes "other glass" since glass not going back into glass bottles does not
<br />result in. the same upstream benefits.
<br />6. Extended Producer Responsibility. This category includes the remaining waste
<br />that is not currently recyclable or compostable in Minnesota and could be
<br />addressed through Extended 1roducer lZesponsibiliry (EYR) and other
<br />prevention design and management strategies. For instance, in the European
<br />Union, producers are required to either use packaging that fits into a current
<br />recovery option {recycling or coi.nposting) or provide a mechanism to take the
<br />product packaging back at their cost.
<br />Table 5: I3y combining SCORE report and composition study categories into six main
<br />categories, Eureka Recycling calculated the state-wide potential for recycling and
<br />con~postil2g.
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<br />1. Curbside Recycling
<br />n~~~.vs 215,00{] 453,60(} 668,60!1 10.9%r
<br />mixed paper 356.127 1 l i,fifl(} -1fi7,727 7.fi%
<br />cardboard 361,375 320,4!1!} 681771 II.I%~
<br />1'~T containers 23.191 25,211!} 48,391 0.8%~
<br />Hl~l'F, containers 18,37A 18,{]00 36,378 0.G%~
<br />other plastic containers 1.GSA 1 S.00U 19.688 {].3'%n
<br />Aluminurn 48532 13.2011 91,732 1.5°/r~
<br />Tin 50437 136,811(1 187-237 3. I %~
<br />Other Scrap Metal 406437 3,600 41!1,!137 fi.7%~
<br />Glass 79772 72,(1{)0 151,772 2.5%.
<br />Subtotal: 1.5(111.937 1,202,400 2,763,337 45.1
<br />2. IJrop OLFRecycling
<br />plastic Film/13a~ 4,227 ]36,8{)11 141,027 2,3%
<br />rexnles 16, 244 97, 2011 1 13, 4 44 1.9 %~
<br />carpet 216 8(r,4{)fl 86,61(, 1.4%
<br />Subtotal: 2{1,687 32fY,40f1 341,(187 5.6'%
<br />3. Compost
<br />Food scrips 179,043 496,80n (175,843 l 1.0%
<br />vard waste II 82,8fIU 82.800 1.4%
<br />non recyclable paper II 349,2iH) 349,2{)0 5.7%
<br />subtotal: 179,043 98800 110.7843 18. ] `%~
<br />4. Wood/Tires/Electronics
<br />Wood 1!}4,1114 LG2,000 2(16,104 4,3'/
<br />Tires 18,646 28.800 47,446 (1.8'%
<br />Elcctronlcs 10.386 64,8[}0 75,18(1 1.2°~~
<br />Subtotal: 133,136 255,6!10 388,736 6-3"/
<br />5.. Avoided Disposal 629,833 158,4U(I 788,233 12.9%
<br />6. Extended Producer Responsibility 3,6fH},f}{HI 734,400 73q,gp{7 12.pa~,
<br />TOTAL 6,123,636 3,(00,000 6.123.636 100.!1%
<br />oFwaste diversion 41%, 80%u 88%~
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