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- Purdue composted 1,454 tons of leaves collected by the city of
- Lafayette in 2007.
- Recycling efforts saved the university $68,612 in landfill fees in 2007.
- Purdue’s Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center planted
- 10,000 trees on Purdue property last year.
- Using 850 recycling containers, Purdue residence halls recycled more than
- 350 tons of materials in 2007.
- More than 3 million trips on CityBus by Purdue students, faculty
- and staff in 2007 saved 6.6 million vehicle miles traveled and 6,045,600
- pounds of CO2 emissions.
- In 2007, Purdue collected 141,124 pounds of waste from its research labs.
- Sixty-six percent of it was reused as an energy source for
- Indiana industries.
- Purdue recycled 33,196 light bulbs, 539 pounds of batteries and 2,034
- computer monitors in 2007.
- Almost all of Purdue’s fleet cars are flex fuel, operating on a blend of 85%
- ethanol and 15% unleaded gasoline.
- Purdue Warehouse and Surplus in 2007 recycled more than 87.5 tons of
- scrap worth $198,000.
- A dozen recycling trailers at Purdue dining halls captured 70.4
- tons of glass,plastic and steel containers in 2007.
- Purdue recycled 26 tons of phone books last year, or approximately
- 31,325 books.
- Purdue Memorial Union staffers collected 3.2 tons of recyclable
- materials in 2007.
- Purdue recycled 26 tons of phone books last year, or approximately
- 31,325 books.
- Purdue composted 1,454 tons of leaves collected by the city of
