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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year Submitted: 2007 |
Process: Maintenance |
Industry: Educational Institution |
Wastes Reduced: Sawdust |
Location: Chapel Hill NC |
Contact: Charles Button |
Phone: (919) 962-1442 |
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- Total Cost Savings: $80,748.00
- Comments: Item Savings, $ Tip fee costs avoided 70,680 Revenues received 10,068 Trash service fees avoided *64,376 Total 80,748 *Assumes savings of $0.66 per cubic yard
Details of Reductions
- 2,280.0 - Tons of
Solid Waste
Comments: During the FY 1994-95, UNC-CHs recycling and reuse programs diverted from the Orange County landfill 2,280 tons of material, or 34 percent of the campus total solid waste stream.
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