Calculate recycling savings from paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, aluminum, steel, and mixed recyclables. Estimate landfill waste avoided, disposal cost savings, recycling revenue, net savings, CO2 savings, energy savings, water savings, and yearly environmental impact.
Mixed recycling:
The calculator estimates total recycling savings from a entered weight of mixed recyclable material.
Single material:
Select paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, aluminum, or steel to estimate material-specific savings.
Household recycling:
Estimate recycling impact from trash bags avoided and household participation.
Business recycling:
Enter monthly material weights, disposal costs, recycling costs, revenue, and service savings to estimate yearly savings.
A recycling savings calculator helps estimate the environmental and financial value of diverting recyclable materials from landfill disposal.
It can be useful for homes, offices, schools, restaurants, warehouses, apartment buildings, community cleanup programs, sustainability reports, and waste reduction planning.
Your result shows estimated waste diverted, net savings, landfill cost avoided, recycling processing cost, recycling revenue, service savings, CO2 savings, energy savings, water savings, tree equivalent, and monthly or yearly impact.
Estimate the weight recycled, subtract contamination, then compare avoided landfill costs, recycling costs, commodity revenue, and any service savings.
Aluminum often has strong energy and carbon savings, while cardboard and paper can create large waste diversion savings because they are common and bulky.
Contamination is non-recyclable or dirty material mixed into recycling. It can reduce the value of the load and may increase processing costs.
No. It is an estimate. Actual recycling savings vary by local hauling rates, landfill fees, recycling contracts, market prices, contamination, sorting quality, and accepted materials.