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Recycling. Weird. Two HazWaste facilities, plus Roundups = 60K customers for 4 million pounds of waste per year. Disposal costs are in the ballpark of $1 per pound. Reuse program diverts 200K pounds per year. $3.00 per cylinder. Green Key 2008 - 2009.

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  1. Recycling Weird

  2. Two HazWaste facilities, plus Roundups = 60K customers for 4 million pounds of waste per year. Disposal costs are in the ballpark of $1 per pound. Reuse program diverts 200K pounds per year.

  3. $3.00 per cylinder. • Green Key 2008 - 2009. • Drywall anchor: 11,000 - 12,000 per year. • Dignity Village: 7,000 - 8,000 per year.

  4. Mike Suri - Artist

  5. 63 FR 11084

  6. 125,000 per year

  7. Jake Rankin Artist

  8. 1500 pounds of used Tyvek per year. Garment Recovery Systems

  9. Wires/Electronics: Free Geek Printer Cartridges: Recycle First (WM) Cell Phones: Volunteers for America

  10. Hospitals in the U.S. produce more than 5.9 million tons of waste annually. • Weird Recycling: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast 12/2011 In 2012, MedWish diverted about 400,000 pounds of usable medical surplus from disposal. www.medicalteams.org

  11. Centennial High School Metal Shop Mark Watts

  12. Thank you! Andrew Judkins Weird Recycler andrew.judkins@oregonmetro.gov

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