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P a g e 14 o f 2 3 <br />Criterion 2 - Emissions Reduced <br /> materials will be to emphasize how, through regular composting, <br />which diverts waste from the Sampson County landfill, people can <br />help ameliorate these harms. This framing will help educate <br />people about the nexus between environmental and racial justice. <br />In hiring for the proposed position, we will give priority to <br />candidates who are from a marginalized/racial minority <br />background and those who have lived experience of or familiarity <br />with environmental racism. <br /> <br /> <br />20. How many tons of greenhouse <br />gas emissions will your project <br />reduce/avoid each year? Please <br />list any data sources used and <br />show the steps of any <br />calculations. Feel free to submit <br />in a separate document if <br />clearly labelled: <br />We estimate that our project will reduce greenhouse gas <br />emissions by 37.64 metric tons: <br /> <br /> Diverting food waste from the landfill to compost: 14.35 <br />metric tons of CO2 <br /> Reduction in driving that will occur due to having a closer <br />drop-off for food waste for Hillsborough residents: 18.51 <br />metric tons of CO2 <br /> Increased carbon sequestration of compost (the finished <br />product of our project) additions to soil: 3.98 metric tons <br />of CO2 <br /> Reduction of carbon due to using less fertilizer: .8 metric <br />tons of CO2 <br /> <br />Diverting food waste from the landfill to compost will reduce <br />GHG emissions by an estimated 14.35 MTCO2e next year, and <br />that number is likely to increase each year that the project is in <br />existence based on the increase at other similar sites with <br />compost collection (i.e. The Carrboro Farmers’ Market). <br /> <br />The EPA WARM Model was used to calculate this reduction: <br /> <br />990 pounds/week of food waste collected = 46,800 pounds <br />annually = 23.4 tons. <br /> <br />Plugging this amount into the WARM Model results in a reduction <br />of 14.35 metric tons of CO2 as a result of composting vs. sending <br />this waste to a landfill. <br /> <br />Reduction in driving as a result of our project: <br /> <br />By providing a closer compost collection site for Northern Orange <br />County, we will save an estimated 52,000 miles of driving in the <br />project budget year: 100 participants avoiding the 10-mile round <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: AFC9D9B8-B7DD-46DF-8603-54762363FD20