Westminster's Recycling Stream

Environmental Center Fellows dug through recycling bags to find out what was actually being recycled! Hogle, Stock, Malouf-Dick, Shaw, Giovale Library, HWAC, and Bamberger were chosen as representative buildings and sampled. Here are the total numbers, which are then further broken down by building. Click here to see the building breakdown document.

Recyclables:	Volume (gal)	Weight (lbs.)
Plastics:	42.25	17.285
Aquafina water bottles	8.25	3.73
Other drink bottles	29	12.56
Other	5	0.995
Paper:	54.25	21.43
Newspaper	8.5	7.195
Printer paper	33.25	10.675
Other	12.5	3.56
Metal:	1.55	0.51
Aluminum	1.55	0.45
Tin		0.06
Other
Cardboard:	30.25	6.025
	30.25	6.025
Glass:	0.3	1.365
Brown
Green/Clear	0.3	1.365

Non-Recyclables:	23.5	10.755
Landfill	23.5	10.755

While recycling items is better than throwing away things, re-use is still the best option.