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Recycled Material |
2000 |
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
Mixed Paper |
331 | 272 | 211 | 177 | 183 | 194 | 184 | 185 | 67.7 |
Cardboard |
134 | 137 | 138 | 179 | 175 | 157 | 122 | 134 | 74.8 |
Bottles/Cans |
18.5 | 32.2 | 15.1 | 19.1 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 29.1 | 21.6 | 9.4 |
Tires |
0 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 15.3 | 26.7 | 14.4 | 26.2 |
Construction Debris |
243 | 245 | 320 | 305 | 442 | 289 | 288 | 320 | 145 |
Used Motor Oil (gallons) |
3,525 | 3,135 | 4,515 | 2,910 | 3,010 | 4,320 | 3,230 | 1,700 | 800 |
Metals |
530 | 38 | 49 | 107 | 160 | 561 | 130 | 355 | 398 |
Lead |
2.5 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Automotive Batteries |
3.6 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
Printer/Toner Cartridges (units) |
- | 363 |
56/ 598 |
105 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 485 | 1301 |
| Fluorescent bulbs (units) | 5,874 | 17,112 | 25,067 | 13,611 | 12,592 | 7,930 | 14,294 | 22,164 | 14,272 |
| Blasocut Coolant (gallons) | 5,200 | 10,320 | 8,920 | 4,790 | 6,060 | 4,870 | 3,600 | 2,972 | 1.020 |
| Antifreeze (gallons) | 110 | 0 | 200 | 165 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Tritium Exit Signs (each) | 202 | 231 | 54 | 181 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smoke Detectors (each) | - | 171 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Road Base | - | - | 2,016 | 0 | 2,666 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scrap Electronics | 33.5 | 28.1 | |||||||
| Demolition Projects: (Buildings) | 318 | 184 & 459 | 206, 207, & 208 | 197, 193, RFMG, LINAC CT | 86, 326, 422, 445, 527, 707, 715, 753, 750CT, 400 Parking | ||||
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8 | 23 | 10.5 | 6 | 35 | ||||
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891 | 590 | 3,000 | 328 | 5,505 | ||||
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790 | 388 | 1,200 | 157 | 818 | ||||
| All units are TONS unless otherwise noted. | |||||||||
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