Table 23: Avoided greenhouse gas emissions through recycling by material type – Avoided GHG Avoided GHG Potential gain Material type emissions from emissions from recycling recycling current 100% diversion – – t CO2-e t CO2-e t CO2-e 4 000 9 000 5 000 Masonry materials 353 000 423 000 70 000 Steel 1 598 000 1 964 000 366 000 Aluminium 1 000 1 000 - Non-ferrous (ex. Al) 104 000 479 000 375 000 Food organics - 18 000 18 000 Garden organics 372 000 1 039 000 667 000 Timber 71 000 216 000 145 000 organics 1 155 000 1 661 000 506 000 Cardboard 442 000 690 000 248 000 Office paper 178 000 344 000 166 000 paper 54 000 507 000 453 000 Plastic packaging 120 000 706 000 586 000 Other plastics 30 000 43 000 13 000 Packaging glass 3 000 4 000 1 000 Other glass 43 000 213 000 170 000 Leather & textiles 14 000 56 000 42 000 Tyres & other rubber 478 000 1 709 000 1 231 000 Other Totals 5 020 000 10 080 000 5 060 000 Figure 12: Avoided greenhouse gas emissions through recycling by material type – (million tonnes CO2-e)
Table 23: Avoided greenhouse gas emissions through recycling – by material type Material type Avoided GHG emissions from recycling – current Avoided GHG emissions from recycling – 100% diversion Potential gain t CO2-e t CO2-e t CO2-e Masonry materials 4 000 9 000 5 000 Steel 353 000 423 000 70 000 Aluminium 1 598 000 1 964 000 366 000 Non-ferrous (ex. Al) 1 000 1 000 - Food organics 104 000 479 000 375 000 Garden organics - 18 000 18 000 Timber 372 000 1 039 000 667 000 organics 71 000 216 000 145 000 Cardboard 1 155 000 1 661 000 506 000 Office paper 442 000 690 000 248 000 paper 178 000 344 000 166 000 Plastic packaging 54 000 507 000 453 000 Other plastics 120 000 706 000 586 000 Packaging glass 30 000 43 000 13 000 Other glass 3 000 4 000 1 000 Leather & textiles 43 000 213 000 170 000 Tyres & other rubber 14 000 56 000 42 000 Other 478 000 1 709 000 1 231 000 Totals 5 020 000 10 080 000 5 060 000 Figure 12: Avoided greenhouse gas emissions through recycling – by material type (million tonnes CO2-e)
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