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Elk River GHG Baseline Inventory Apendix <br />City of Elk River Solid Waste Detail <br />City Operations Carbon Baseline <br />Solid Waste <br />Annual City Facility MSW Quantity Managed (estimated) <br />Community Wide Total (2013 Baseline year)24,252 tons per year <br />Community Wide MSW per capita 2,075 lbs per year <br />Community Wide MSW per capita per hour 0.24 lbs per hour <br />Estimated Waste per employee per year*474 lbs per FTE per year <br />Total City Operations Waste (estimated)28.67 tons per year <br />GHG Emissions <br />Factor (Metric Tonnes per US Ton waste)***0.3308 pounds CO2e per pound MSW <br />Solid Waste GHG Annually 8.60 Metric Tonnes CO2e <br />Solid Waste GHG per FTE per Day 0.42945 pounds CO2e per FTE per day <br />Total GHG Emissions 8.60 Metric Tonns <br />Level of Confidence:Moderate1 <br />* Assumes waste production per hour rate equal to community wide average based on a 40 hour <br />work week, 50 weeks annually. <br />** Emission per Regional Indicators Intiative, blended rate of 0.3308 pounds GHG per pound MSW <br />managed for 2013 community baseline MSW management methods. <br />1 Moderate confidence level based on estimations of waste rates per person are subject to <br />variability. Emissions factor based on on quality total community waste characteristics are good to <br />high. Confidence level can be increased through implementation of city facility waste sort for a <br />minimum of 1 week period annually as well as recycle quantity reporting from recycling handler