Full Title: Number of tons of materials collected and recycled.
Definition of Key Terms
See the following link at the Environmental Protection Agency for helpful information on recycling: http://www.epa.gov/waste/conserve/rrr/recycle.htm
1 Ton = 2,000 pounds
Collected: materials may be brought to your program or your program may collect them from places that would otherwise not benefit from free recycling programs
Recycled: your program may deliver them to a reputable recycling site or may recycle the materials directly
How to Calculate Measure/Collect Data
Count of tons of materials collected AND recycled; both steps must be performed to count. Use the EPAvolume translator to add up the number of pounds of materials collected and recycled: http://www.epa.gov/waste/conserve/tools/recmeas/docs/guide_b.pdf. Then perform the following calculation to get number of tons: # of pounds/2,000 = # of tons.