Monroe County Non-Traditional Recycling Energy Efficiency Demonstration Project.Phase 3

摘要

Monroe County, New York undertook a demonstration project to expand its recyclingprogram and quantify the energy savings that resulted from the expanded program. This report is the culmination of Phase III, the program evaluation. The demonstration program, conducted from May 1995 to April 1996, involved 32,100 households in Monroe County or approximately 11.8% of the county population. The report includes an assessment of the non-traditional recyclable quantities received and marketed, determination of impacts on other collected recyclables, comparison of estimated energy use for the demonstration program vs. pre-demonstration recycling program, determination of revenues received from the demonstration program, evaluation of the public education program utilized, and projected costs to implement the program county-wide. The non-traditional recyclables collected in the demonstration program included boxboard, mixed paper (including 'junk mail'), and old telephone directories.