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20. How many tons of <br />greenhouse gas emissions <br />will your project <br />reduce/avoid each year? <br />Please list any data sources <br />used and show the steps of <br />any calculations. Feel free <br />to submit in a separate <br />document if clearly labelled: <br />To date, Club Nova has diverted close to 1 ton of waste (1,567 <br />pounds) into compost through our partnership with Compost Now. <br />Compost Now has helped us realize and understand the long term <br />impact of these numbers through specific formulas and calculations <br />that are reported monthly. To date, our contributions have created <br />157 pounds of compost to be used in Garden Partnerships within the <br />community, a program that Compost Now facilitates in order to <br />support local gardens and urban farms in their efforts to grow <br />healthy food for the community; in so doing, Club Nova has provided <br />our earned compost with these partners and is looking to become a <br />Garden Partner itself. This achievement also translates to the <br />avoidance of 167 pounds of methane and 4,074 pounds of Carbon <br />Dioxide equivalent released into the atmosphere. Please see the <br />chart below to view our daily, monthly and annual (and beyond) <br />contributions for the following items: waste diverted, compost <br />created, methane avoided, CO₂e AVOIDED, CO₂e MILES NOT DRIVEN, <br />tomato potential of compost and number of growers in Garden <br />Partnership program. <br /> 10 years 5 years 1 year <br /> <br />1 <br />month <br /> <br />1 day <br /> <br />Waste <br />diverted <br />7,232 <br />pounds <br />3616.5 723.23 60.27 2 <br />Compost <br />Created <br />725 <br />pounds <br />362.3 72.46 6.04 0.20 <br />Methane <br />Avoided <br />752 <br />pounds <br />376.15 75.23 6.27 0.21 <br />CO₂e <br />AVOIDED <br />18,803 <br />pounds <br />9401.5 1880.30 156.69 5.22 <br />CO₂e MILES <br />NOT DRIVEN <br />21,111 <br />pounds <br />10,555.4 2111.08 175.92 5.86 <br />Farmer <br />Partners <br />460 <br />growers <br />230 46 4 N/A <br />Tomato <br />Potential of <br />our compost <br />5,423 <br />tomatoes <br />2712 542.30 45.19 1.51 <br />Formulas in chart: <br />Landfill Diversion: This is what CompostNow weighed or their <br />partners weighed, with some estimates for the first two years of <br />operation. <br />Compost Created: CompostNow uses a rough blended estimate of <br />33%. Via their website, they state that “materials collected ‘shrink’ in <br />the composting process, but the process also includes the addition of <br />additional carbon materials. Some materials like compostable <br />service-ware produce little compost, others like food waste more <br />(though even those vary greatly based on water content).” <br />Formula: impact [lbs_compost_produced] = impact [lbs_diverted] * <br />0.33 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: A9B18E2F-7835-4086-B808-E21D1F44AE18