Bonnaroo 2009 by the Numbers!

by Bonnaroo

7/15/2009 3:38:51 PM

As you all know Bonnaroo takes it's recycling and composting very seriously. The amazing Clean Vibes team just finished tallying all the numbers and we diverted more waste from the landfill than ever before. Thanks for doing your part! Don't forget, if you did it at Bonnaroo you can do it at home.

Check out the Bonnaroo Greening & Activism section!

Here are the numbers by weight and volume:

33% of all waste diverted from landfill by WEIGHT

• Recycling:
 • 81.49 tons hauled commingled to Orange Grove Recycling in Chattanooga
19.07 tons of scrap metal hauled to CFC Recycling in Tullahoma
27.18 tons of cardboard hauled to Coffee County Recycling
3 tons of used cooking oil diverted and collected by Tennessee Bio Energy to be processed into biodiesel
• Total of 130.74 tons of recycling
   
Compost:
          • Approximately 30 tons of compost (that's 3 times as much as last year!)

Donated food:
          • 2.5 tons donated to Feed America First

Landfill:
          • 329.47 tons

Total: 489.71 tons of waste

65% of all waste diverted from landfill by VOLUME!

• 2,170 cubic yards of recycling
• 500 cubic yards of compost (the pile was 30'x30'x15'high!)
• 1,420 cubic yards of landfill waste

Total: 4,090 cubic yards of waste
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