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You can calculate how much Carbon your company produces by sending used coffee grounds, tea bags and organic waste from cafetarias. Please see the example in table format.
There is 5 question below the example that can help you calculate your impact on the environment.
Below that there is a table showing how you can offset your impact.
Example - Calculate Your Foot Print
| Daily Waste Production | |||||
| Coffee Waste/ | Number of Pots/ | Total Coffee/ | # of Machines or | Daily Waste | |
| Coffee Pot | Day/Machine | Machine | Café | ||
| Daily Coffee Machine Waste | 2.6 Oz | 10 | 26 OZ or 1Lb | 35 | 35 Lbs |
| Daily Café Organic waste | 20 | 2 | 40 Lbs | ||
| Total Waste | 75 Lbs/Day | ||||
| Yearly Waste Production | |||
| Total Waste/Day | Waste/5 day Work Week | Waste/Year (51 Weeks) | |
| Waste in Weight | 75 Lbs | 375 Lbs | 19,125 Lbs or ~ 9.56 Tons |
| Yearly Methane or CO2Production | |||
| 1 Ton Waste Produces 66 Kilo Methane or 145.2 lbs Methane | |||
| 1 Methane = 21 Co2 | |||
| Organic Waste | Methane Production | Methane to Co2 | |
| Waste in Weight | 1 Ton or 2000 Lbs | 66 Kilo or 145.2 Lbs | 3049.2 Lbs |
| 9.56 Ton | 17199 Lbs | 29158 Lbs | |
1) How many Coffee Machines do you have in your buildings?
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2) How much average coffee is consumed at each coffee machine per day?
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3) How much organic waste does your cafeteria produces each day?
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4) How much organic waste does your catering service produces each day?
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5) Do you have 9/80 schedule or 8 Hrs 5 days schedule?
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Offset Your Foot Print
| Offsetting Ur Carbon Foot Print | ||||
| Planting Trees | ||||
| Maturity | Absorbtion Rate/Yr | Trees needed to Absorb | Acres Needed | |
| Years | Lbs | Number | 300 Trees/Acre | |
| Pine | 25 | 2.52 | 11571 | 39 |
| Maple | 50 | 15 | 1944 | 6 |
| Oak | 100 | 18 | 1620 | 5 |
| Ever Green | 20 | 13 | 2243 | 7 |