Q. How much of Cornell's waste stream could be recycled?
A. 55 percent
Q. How much of this stream do we currently recycle?
A. 39 percent
Q. What are we missing?
A. Most of it is office paper.
Q. How much office paper is recycled each year at Cornell?
A. 1,976,000 lbs. or 988 tons!!
Q. How much cardboard is recycled each year at Cornell?
A. 1,284,000 lbs. or 642 tons
Q. How does this help the environment?
A. We send 50 percent less waste to landfills than we did in 1990.
Q. How much does Cornell earn from selling recyclables?
A. Revenue fluctuates reflecting market conditions and the quality of the material received.
Q. Where does this revenue go?
A. It's recycled back into solid-waste recovery.
Q. How much do Cornellians recycle?
A. Each year, 145 pounds of material for every member of the Cornell community.
Questions? Call the Cornell Recycling Hotline at 254-1666, or e-mail recycle@cornell.edu