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79 <br /> Orange County <br /> 367-005451 - Recycling Processor and/or Municipal Solid Waste Disposal <br /> 25%and 50%Annual Load Reduction Scenarios— Diesel Fuel Savings and Annual GHG <br /> Emissions Savings <br /> • The round trip truck mile savings of the recycling material going to WM MRF versus Sonoco MRF <br /> is 18.1 miles x 2 = 36.2 miles per load. <br /> • Total transfer loads: 1,380 loads per year. <br /> • 25% reduction of those loads represents 345 loads per year <br /> 0 345 x 36.2 mile savings per load = 12,489 truck miles per year savings <br /> o At 5 miles per gallon assumed collection vehicle fuel efficiency, that equates to annual <br /> diesel fuel savings of 2,497.8 gallons <br /> o Using the GHG Protocol Mobile Combustion GHG Emissions Calculations tool, the <br /> annual GHG emissions savings associated with 12,489 less round trip truck miles would <br /> be: 25.37 MTCO2e (metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) <br /> • 50% reduction of those loads represents 690 loads per year <br /> 0 690 x 36.2 mile savings per load = 24,978 truck miles per year savings <br /> o At 5 miles per gallon assumed collection vehicle fuel efficiency, that equates to annual <br /> diesel fuel savings of 4,995.6 gallons <br /> o Using the GHG Protocol Mobile Combustion GHG Emissions Calculations tool, the <br /> annual GHG emissions savings associated with 24,978 less round trip truck miles would <br /> be: 50.74 MTCO2e (metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) <br /> Printed on 100 l 23 <br /> recycled&recyclable paper <br />