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Comment 25 for Recycling Comments for the GHG Scoping Plan (sp-recyc-waste-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Miriam
Last Name: Reiter
Email Address: mreiter1@mindspring.com
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Subject: waste diversion and composting
Comment:
Dear Members of the California Air Resources Board,           
  Thanks for the opportunity to comment on the Scoping Plan.
  It would be worthwhile to take into account the results of
promoting waste diversion and composting into the plan.
  Recycling:
 
  Paper
  Comparison of Emissions:
 - Virgin paper  + landfilling yields 15,515.3 pounds of CO2
equivalent per ton of paper. This includes transportation and
energy used to make the paper.
  -Using recycled paper + recycling, results in much less: 3,461
pounds of CO2 equivalent per ton of paper. This also includes
transportation and energy used to make the paper.
    Paper is presently about 1/3 of all landfilled municipal
garbage. There is need for encouragement to recycle.
 
  Aluminum
    The greenhouse gas produced when manufacturing aluminum is
thousands of times more potent than CO2.  For each ton of aluminum
produced, recycled  content  could be used at the point when 97% of
the greenhouse gases produced in making the aluminum would
otherwise take place.   
   At the present time in the U.S., only 21% of 3.66 million tons
of aluminum discarded each year is recycled.
 
  Composting
    Once landfilled, organics produce potent methane.  Getting
organics out of the landfill is one of the easiest, fastest, and
most cost-effective  ways to reduce methane emissions. Organics
are 1/4 of all landfilled municipal garbage. The solution is to
promote composting.  
 
     For these reasons, please consider promoting recycling and 
composting as part of the Scoping Plan.
     Sincerely,
     Miriam Reiter
     Pacifica, CA

    
  Statistics are from 2008 Stop Trashing the Climate Report,
www.StopTrashingtheClimate.org
  Parting thought:  Recycling a ton of paper allows absorbtion of
600-1200 pounds of CO2 per year by the uncut trees- free of
charge.

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-07-30 09:29:03



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