2022 Recycling Impact Report

Recycling Impact Report

In 2022 through collecting, sorting, and processing recyclables at Recycle Ann Arbor's Material Recovery Facility our community diverted 20,800 tons of materials from ending up in a landfill.

Thank you for recycling

 

DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL IN 2022
Through curbside recycling
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12,854
Tons
943
Tons
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Through drop-off station recycling
Through construction & debris recycling
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1,233
Tons
20,800
Tons
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processed at the MRF

GHG Emissions Conserved

calculated using the EPA WARM model*

*calculation does not account for all materials collected at Drop Off Station & Recovery Yard

60,409  MT CO2

 
Equal to
 
Conserving the annual GHG emissions from

12,826 cars

OR
6.80
million
gallons of gasoline

Energy use conserved

calculated using the EPA WARM model*

* calculation does not account for all materials collected or reused materials

Measured in millions of BTUs

Number of households annual energy consumption

4,037

63,657

barrels of oil

 

For more information about how you can reduce, reuse, and recycle to lower GHG emissions.

recycleannarbor.org