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Mt. Trashmore: An In Depth Look at DU's Wastestream

OMMITING SMA AT T TRASNMORE A Close-Up of DU's Waste Stream ONLY ONE DAYS WORTH OF TRASH! Mt. Trashmore 8.7% 2891 lbs. 17.3% 73.8% 2134 Ibs. landfill 254 Ibs. 503 Ibs. compost recycling Just for comparison... The average adult Beluga Whale is 2900 lbs. The Top Three Landfill Contributors The average American Fisher Early Education Building 189.6 lbs Daniels College Outdoor Trashcans on Campus discards approx. of Business 236.1 lbs 279.1 lbs 1600 lbs. of trash annually Visualization of DU's Waste Stream Landfill Compost Recycling With the amount of trash Take the time to sort your trash... If we did in just 10 of the buildings on capus we could divert over 600 lbs produced in America alone, you could fill up enough garbage trucks lined up end to end to reach of "trash" from the landfill to compost and recycling bins. the moon. or 20% of the school's total landfill waste Source: "Wasting Away: Our Garbage by the Numbers." earth911.com "Beluga Whale." Wikipedia Commons

Mt. Trashmore: An In Depth Look at DU's Wastestream

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The University of Denver held a trash audit where they weighed and sorted the university's trash, recycling and compost. This is the information gathered, organized into an infographic.

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University of Denver

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Raelina Krikston

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