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Criterion 2 - Emissions Reduced <br />20.How many tons of <br />greenhouse gas emissions <br />will your project reduce/ <br />avoid each year? Please <br />list any data sources used <br />and show the steps of any <br />calcula-ons. Feel free to <br />submit in a separate <br />document if clearly <br />labelled: <br />Since August of 2021, this project has already diverted 1612 pounds of waste <br />from the landfill, and created 1661 pounds of compost. (See asached Brooks <br />Contractors Impact report). <br />We es-mate that our project reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 37.64 <br />metric tons: <br />•Diver-ng food waste from the landfill to compost: 14.35 metric tons of <br />CO2 <br />•Reduc-on in driving that will occur due to having a closer drop-off for <br />food waste for Hillsborough residents: 18.51 metric tons of CO2 <br />•Increased carbon sequestra-on of compost (the finished product of our <br />project) addi-ons to soil: 3.98 metric tons of CO2 <br />•Reduc-on of carbon due to using less fer-lizer: 0.8 metric tons of CO2 <br /> <br />Diver/ng food waste from the landfill to compost will reduce GHG emissions <br />by an es-mated 14.35 metric tons of CO2 next year, and that number is likely <br />to increase each year that the project is in existence based on the increase at <br />other similar sites with compost collec-on (i.e. The Carrboro Farmers’ <br />Market). <br /> <br />The EPA WARM Model was used to calculate this reduc-on: <br />990 pounds/week of food waste collected = 46,800 pounds annually = 23.4 <br />tons. <br /> <br />Plugging this amount into the WARM Model results in a reduc-on of 14.35 <br />metric tons of CO2 as a result of compos-ng vs. sending this waste to a <br />landfill. <br /> <br />Reduc/on in driving as a result of our project: <br />By providing a closer compost collec-on site for Northern Orange County, we <br />will save an es-mated 52,000 miles of driving in the project budget year: 100 <br />par-cipants avoiding the 10-mile round trip to the Walnut Grove Waste and <br />Recycling Center each week = 1,000 miles saved/week. Dividing this by <br />average miles per gallon (25) = 2,080 gallons of gas saved. Using the EPA’s <br />2020 Emissions Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories, 1 gallon of gas = <br />19.58 pounds of CO2. 2,080 gallons x 19.58 = 40,726.4 lbs. of CO2 or 18.51 <br />metric tons of CO2 <br /> Page of 14 22 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 9FB641C3-C7F6-4609-BE4A-71829032AD83