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Results of Our Greening Efforts

Single Stream Recycling Summary for 633 17th Street
The figures below have been provided by Jones, Lang, LaSalle (Building Managers) to help tenants understand the benefits of the new single stream recycling program.
 
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Totals February March May
Landfill airspace saved (cu yd) 28 34 33
Number of mature trees saved 133 160 155
Gallons of oil saved 3,632 4,365 4,034
Gallons of gasoline saved 188 226 212
Gallons of water saved 54,915 65,993 60,844
Kw-hr of electricity saved 33,291 40,007 36,997
       

Total Tons

34.82 27.18 25.08

Recycle Tons

10.46 12.57 11.98

Percent Recycled

30.04% 46.24% 47.76%

 

Department Wide Recycling Totals from Confidential Document Destruction

Fiscal Year 2007, 9 month total

  • 93,550 pounds of confidential paper (saving 795 trees) {1 ton=17 trees)

  • 205 pounds of media destruction (tapes & microfiche)

  • $9,210.53 spent on destruction @ $.085 per pound for paper and $1.00 per pound for media

Fiscal Year 2006

  • 117,898 pounds of confidential paper (saving 1002 trees) {1 ton=17 trees}

  • 359 pounds of media destruction (tapes & microfiche)

  • $11,862.52 spent on destruction @ $.085 per pound for paper and $1.00 per pound for media

Fiscal Year 2005

  • 107,008 pounds of paper destruction
  • 2587 pounds of media destruction (tapes, microfiche and ID badges)
  • $19, 547.33 in destruction money spent for both types of destruction
     

251 Recycling Totals from Confidential Document Destruction July 7, 2006 - January 19, 2007

22 Tons Recycled Saved:

  • 374 trees
     
  • 10,176.54 gallons of oil
     
  • 89,694 KWhr of energy
  • 67.32 cubic yards of landfill
  • 63,000 gallons of water
  • 586.5 pounds of air pollution

 


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