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CASE STUDY 403

Percntage of Major Waste Streams (cubic yard/yr)
60.00%
48.39%
50.00%

40.00%
32.05%
30.00%

20.00%
11.89%
10.00%
5.55%
1.27% 0.86%
0.00%
MOP Food Aluminum Plastic Cardboard ONP
waste cans bottles
Figure 30.2 Oil refining waste audit chart for material volumes.

30.6.1 RECOMMENDATIONS

1 Implement a recycling program for office paper, aluminum cans, cardboard, plastic
bottles, and news papers.
■ Potential annual saving of $900.
■ The annual revenue generated from the sale of the recyclables (paper, plastic, and
aluminum cans) is approximately $900 at current market prices. Approximately
90 percent of the $900 could be generated from the sale of office paper.
Additional savings will be realized by the reduction of the solid waste hauling
bill (please see next recommendation).
■ Institute a desk-side container program, where the employees sort their recycla-
ble paper into special containers beside their desks. Then, the desk-side containers
are emptied into intermediate collection centers. An informational booklet is
included in the attachment section of this report, which describes very effective
ways to begin an office recycling program.

TABLE 30.4 OIL REFINING WASTE AUDIT SAVINGS FROM THE SALE OF
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS

VALUE VALUE ANNUAL
COMPONENT TONS/YEAR ($/TON) ($/YEAR) BENEFITS (%)

MOP 68.4 12.5 856 90.45

Aluminum cans 2.52 25 63 6.67
Cardboard 1.12 15 17 1.77

Plastic bottles 0.78 10 8 0.83
ONP 1.06 2.5 3 0.28

Total 73.9 947 100