Did you know…Facts and numbers!
Lamont generates about 1,000 cubic yards of waste each year.
Ooph, that's a lot of stuff. About 300 cubic yards (30%) of this waste gets
recycled and recovered.The rest (a whopping 70% - yuck) goes in the
l a n d f i l l.
Amount of LDEO rubbish: 
Amount of LDEO recycling: 
The amount of stuff sent to the landfill could
be significantly reduced if Lamonters were even more committed to recycling.
Unfortunately, some trash items are tossed into the recycling
bin causing the entire
contents of that bin to be thrown into the trash. About 10% of
recyclable material is lost each year because of this contamination.
Lamont pays around $25,000 each year to have trash
hauled to the landfill. In contrast, we do not get charged to take
recyclable material to the Rockland County Solid Waste recycling centre
at Hillburn. There is some cost involved in collecting recyclables from
each building and in doing an initial sorting, but it is way less than
what it would cost to simply put the stuff in the trash. Plus, we gain
the associated environmental benefits of recycling.
Here is the breakdown of the recycled items for year 2005 that were sent for recycling and material recovery:
- 43 tons of paper and cardboard
- 15 tons of electronics
- 2.5 tons of bottles, cans and drink containers
- 2.5 tons of batteries
- 0.5 tons of fluorescent lamps
- Total = 63.5 tons!
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