R3 Conference MassRecycle MBTA

1. R3 CONFERENCE 2015
TIM LASKER
SUSTAINABILITY SPECIALIST
MBTA

2. Waste Management
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Station Paper Recycling
Paper recycling at all MBTA
stations averages
1,270 metric tons per year

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Recycling at our
maintenance facilities
For 2014
637 metric tons
174,877 lbs - Cardboard
45,397 lbs - Electronics
11,119 lbs - Air conditioners
14,094 lbs – TV’s
Aerosol Can Program

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Hazardous Materials
56,050 Gallons of Waste Oil
18,454 lbs - Ni-cad batteries

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Community Recycling
Events
14 Events from 2012-14
Over 160 metric tons
50,000 lbs were TV's
Salem Mayor Driscoll
Andover

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Cell Phones for Soldiers
Since 2012
over 4,500 cell phones
which means 2,250 hours
of free phone calls for
soldiers to call home.

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Everett Train Facility
Reclaimed wheel Trucks
– out of necessity the
MBTA can manufacture
almost any part for any
train including the PCC
cars on the Ashmont-
Mattapan line that went
into service in 1936.

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Soil Conservation
Over 4,000 tons of soil
was recycled from the
Littleton Station
construction project. It
required 320 truckloads
to move the soil off-site.
Construction Waste
GLX requires recycling of 90% of total
demolition waste be weight, excluding
asbestos/hazardous materials.
Green Line Extension

9. R3 CONFERENCE 2015
Go to “About the MBTA”
Then “Sustainability”

10. Waste
Management
At the
MBTA
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We have come a long way from
America’s first subway ride
September 1, 1897