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Cutting Landfill Waste

How much waste does a convention center create? In order to make a fair comparison, we divide each venue's total annual waste by its annual visitor count. The resulting metric shows us the average waste per visitor -> We calculated the amount of waste in pounds per visitor for seven convention centers. Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Some of this waste is diverted for recycling or composting... 49% 64% 13% 80% 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 2.5 Venue 4 diverts more waste than any other facility. But are we measuring the right thing? 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... But thanks to source reduction has less waste to manage! 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 What's the point of all this? Source reduction remains the most effective method of cutting waste and shrinking environmental impact. REDUCTION DIVERSION reuse, recycle, compost, salvage DISPOSAL last resort powered by e evolveEA How much waste does a convention center create? In order to make a fair comparison, we divide each venue's total annual waste by its annual visitor count. The resulting metric shows us the average waste per visitor -> We calculated the amount of waste in pounds per visitor for seven convention centers. Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Some of this waste is diverted for recycling or composting... 49% 64% 13% 80% 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 2.5 Venue 4 diverts more waste than any other facility. But are we measuring the right thing? 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... But thanks to source reduction has less waste to manage! 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 What's the point of all this? Source reduction remains the most effective method of cutting waste and shrinking environmental impact. REDUCTION DIVERSION reuse, recycle, compost, salvage DISPOSAL last resort powered by e evolveEA How much waste does a convention center create? In order to make a fair comparison, we divide each venue's total annual waste by its annual visitor count. The resulting metric shows us the average waste per visitor -> We calculated the amount of waste in pounds per visitor for seven convention centers. Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Some of this waste is diverted for recycling or composting... 49% 64% 13% 80% 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 2.5 Venue 4 diverts more waste than any other facility. But are we measuring the right thing? 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... But thanks to source reduction has less waste to manage! 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 What's the point of all this? Source reduction remains the most effective method of cutting waste and shrinking environmental impact. REDUCTION DIVERSION reuse, recycle, compost, salvage DISPOSAL last resort powered by e evolveEA How much waste does a convention center create? In order to make a fair comparison, we divide each venue's total annual waste by its annual visitor count. The resulting metric shows us the average waste per visitor -> We calculated the amount of waste in pounds per visitor for seven convention centers. Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Some of this waste is diverted for recycling or composting... 49% 64% 13% 80% 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 2.5 Venue 4 diverts more waste than any other facility. But are we measuring the right thing? 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... But thanks to source reduction has less waste to manage! 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 What's the point of all this? Source reduction remains the most effective method of cutting waste and shrinking environmental impact. REDUCTION DIVERSION reuse, recycle, compost, salvage DISPOSAL last resort powered by e evolveEA How much waste does a convention center create? In order to make a fair comparison, we divide each venue's total annual waste by its annual visitor count. The resulting metric shows us the average waste per visitor -> We calculated the amount of waste in pounds per visitor for seven convention centers. Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Some of this waste is diverted for recycling or composting... 49% 64% 13% 80% 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 2.5 Venue 4 diverts more waste than any other facility. But are we measuring the right thing? 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... But thanks to source reduction has less waste to manage! 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 What's the point of all this? Source reduction remains the most effective method of cutting waste and shrinking environmental impact. REDUCTION DIVERSION reuse, recycle, compost, salvage DISPOSAL last resort powered by e evolveEA How much waste does a convention center create? In order to make a fair comparison, we divide each venue's total annual waste by its annual visitor count. The resulting metric shows us the average waste per visitor -> We calculated the amount of waste in pounds per visitor for seven convention centers. Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Some of this waste is diverted for recycling or composting... 49% 64% 13% 80% 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 2.5 Venue 4 diverts more waste than any other facility. But are we measuring the right thing? 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... But thanks to source reduction has less waste to manage! 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 What's the point of all this? Source reduction remains the most effective method of cutting waste and shrinking environmental impact. REDUCTION DIVERSION reuse, recycle, compost, salvage DISPOSAL last resort powered by e evolveEA How much waste does a convention center create? In order to make a fair comparison, we divide each venue's total annual waste by its annual visitor count. The resulting metric shows us the average waste per visitor -> We calculated the amount of waste in pounds per visitor for seven convention centers. Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Some of this waste is diverted for recycling or composting... 49% 64% 13% 80% 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 2.5 Venue 4 diverts more waste than any other facility. But are we measuring the right thing? 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 5 2.5 Venue 1 may not divert as much... But thanks to source reduction has less waste to manage! 80% 49% 64% 13% DIVERTED 8% 3% 45% Lbs. 10 7.5 What's the point of all this? Source reduction remains the most effective method of cutting waste and shrinking environmental impact. REDUCTION DIVERSION reuse, recycle, compost, salvage DISPOSAL last resort powered by e evolveEA

Cutting Landfill Waste

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How much waste does a convention center create? What are the most effective methods of cutting the waste for each person? This waste management graphic illustrates how we used data from our event ...

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