User talk:Drisdelle

I am for recycling but not at the expenses of our air. 650 tons of diesel fuel is burned annually for every 10,000 commercial recycling dumpsters getting a weekly service. For each dumpster emptied, (8 cubic yard) 2.5 pounds of diesel is burned. 10,000 stores X 2.5 pounds of diesel fuel = 25,000 lbs X 52 weeks = 1,300,000 lbs of diesel fuel per year, divided by 2,000 lbs (1 ton) = 650 tons per year.

More than half the cardboard from these 8 cubic yard recycling dumpsters ends up in the landfill due to contamination (garbage bags) which equals 25,000 tons of cardboard per year. Cardboard in the landfill decomposes and produces more green house gases. Also, more trees will need to be cut down to replace the cardboard lost to land fill. This causes more diesel air pollution from the work trucks.

A front loader recycling truck (3-4 miles per gallon) can empty 125 dumpsters per day, will burn 40 gallons of diesel fuel in the process and travel 130 miles. 40 gallons weighs 320 pounds, divided by 125 dumpsters = 2.5 pounds of pollution per dumpster emptied. Roll off compactors cause 8 pounds of air pollution for every 6 miles of transport. A gallon weighs 8 pounds, and these trucks get 6 miles per gallon.

For the same cost of an 8cu/yd dumpster emptied once per week,($1020. per year) it is possible to cut this pollution by 50% by using the most powerful stock room balers in America that pack 20 pounds of cardboard per cubic foot, that’s two times more than regular down stroke balers. This will reduce the number of times the recycling truck comes to each store by 50% or more, which means half the diesel pollution, and the 80 pound bales will be half the size of regular 80 pound bales, less storage space required. Most down stoke balers compact only 10 pounds per cubic foot. Shop wisely

Another benefit of baling cardboard is many recycling companies use gasoline powered trucks to collect small bales of cardboard. These trucks are cleaner burning than diesel powered collection trucks.

Recycling Equipment Drisco LLC 11116 Knoxville Ln. Frisco Tx. 75035 David Drisdelle 972-335-1421 214-256-3266