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TIM LASKERSUSTAINABILITY SPECIALISTMBTA

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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 2014637 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 Oil18,454 lbs - Ni-cad batteries

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Community Recycling Events

14 Events from 2012-14

Over 160 metric tons50,000 lbs were TV's

Salem Mayor Driscoll

Andover

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Cell Phones for Soldiers

Since 2012over 4,500 cell phoneswhich 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.

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Go to “About the MBTA”Then “Sustainability”

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We have come a long way from America’s first subway ride September 1, 1897