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Total Greenworks Program Results as of January 1, 2012
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| Environmental Impact |
December 2011 |
total for 2011 |
total since start of program |
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| Paper Saved — tons |
1.8 |
30.8 |
44.3 tons |
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| Trees Saved — trees |
24 |
566 |
2,215 trees |
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| Oil Saved — gallons |
716 |
12,100 |
47,697 gallons |
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| Landfill Reduced — cub. yds |
5.03 |
93.43 |
362.61 cubic yards |
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| Fresh Water Saved — gal. |
13,210 |
222,190 |
867,694 gallons |
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| Energy Saved — kwh |
7,724 |
129,956 |
507,423 kwh |
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At Thermocopy, we are committed to reducing our impact on the environment. We started to wonder...what if other companies that are our size adopted the same practices? We found that if only half of the 5,555,100 companies in the U.S. with less than 100 employees achieved the same current results as Thermocopy, the combined impact would be:
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| Estimated U.S. Impact |
December 2011 |
total for 2011 |
total since start of program |
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| Paper Saved — tons |
5,055,141 |
85,520,765 |
325,834,394 tons |
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| Trees Saved — trees |
94,436,700 |
1,572,093,300 |
6,049,503,900 trees |
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| Oil Saved — gallons |
1,988,725,800 |
33,608,355,000 |
128,158,934,550 gallons |
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| Landfill Reduced — cub. yds |
13,971,077 |
259,506,497 |
1,420,772,380 cubic yards |
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| Fresh Water Saved — gal. |
36,691,435,500 |
617,143,834,500 |
2,397,070,646,500 gallons |
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| Energy Saved— kwh |
21,453,796,200 |
360,959,287,800 |
1,209,392,753,600 kwh |
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| Here's another way of looking at those nationwide impact measurements: |
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December 2011 |
total for 2011 |
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| No. of 4ft. Walls of Paper from New York City to L.A. |
15 walls |
257 walls |
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| No. of Forests the Size of Rhode Island Saved (750 trees/acre) |
0.19 forests |
3.13 forests |
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| Percentage of Annual U.S. Oil Consumption (7.2 billion barrels) |
0.662% |
11.185% |
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| No. of Empire State Buildings of Landfill Use (cubic yds.) |
10 buildings |
189 buildings |
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| No. of Olympic Size Pools of Water Saved |
144,954 pools |
2,438,099 pools |
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| No. of Homes Powered (920kwh average per month) |
23,319,344 homes |
392,347,052 homes |
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