ENVR 101L calculations

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ENVR 101L Recycling Calculations NOTE: Must complete personal trash log for 2 days before you do these calculations. Instructions: Use the following (5 cans/8 bottles) hypothetical values to answer question 1-3. Use the values from your personal trash log to answer questions 4-6. Submit your worksheet to Black Board before next lab. 5 aluminum cans 8 plastic bottles 1. Aluminum cans require 0.031 gallons of oil, 32 gallons of water, and 10.71kWh of electricity more to produce from scratch, rather than from recycled materials. If you use 5 aluminum cans per week, what is the potential impact on oil, water, and electricity from recycling? .155 gallons of oil 160 gallons of water 53.55kWh 2. Plastic bottles are made mostly from petroleum and require 0.026 gallons of oil, negligible amounts of water, and 9.43kWh of electricity more to produce from scratch, rather than from recycled materials. If you use 8 plastic water bottles per week, what is the potential impact on oil, water, and electricity from recycling? 208 gallons of oil 75.44 kWh of electricity 3. Combine the water savings from Questions 1 and 2 then multiply by 52 to get the water savings for one year by drinking containers being recycled. The average American uses 25,000 gallons of water per year. 160 gallons of water X 52 =8320 gallons of water saved anually 4. Based on your trash log, estimate the number of aluminum cans you use per week and determine your potential impact on oil, water, and electricity from recycling (using information on aluminum cans from Question 1). 2x 2x 2x
5. Based on your trash log, estimate how many plastic bottles you use per week and determine your potential impact on oil, water, and electricity from recycling (using the information on plastic bottles from Question 2). 6x 0.026 oil= 6x32= 6. Combine the water savings from Questions 4 and 5 then multiply by 52 to get your water savings for one year by recycling your drinking containers. Compare this to the 25,000 gallons of water per year that an average American uses and discuss the impact that recycling can have on water reduction efforts.
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