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4R – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recreate Presentation of Data

The water source comes directly from the domestic Based on the findings, a tabulation of CO emissions and
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freshwater supply. Excess water flows to the drainage synthetic chemical usage annually from current business
system and eventually makes its way to the pond activities is compiled in Table 1.
for filtration and reuse. Current efforts of the 4R by
Island Landscape Nursery is commendable, as they
have indicated that they are almost self-sufficient in
their water needs for the nursery operations. Portable
water usage is kept to a minimum and is rarely needed,
except during drier months and, even then, solely for
consumption and sanitary purposes.

Resource Annual Usage Annual CO Emissions (kg) Conversion Factor
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Water 480 m 144 0.3 kg CO / m 3
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Electrical 48,000 kWh 20,100 0.4188 kg CO /kWh
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Fuel - Diesel 19,200 litres 50,670 2.6391 kg of CO /litre
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Synthetic Chemicals 7,200 kg 8,442 2800 kWh/ton fertilizer

Plastics 2,000 kg 12,000 0.4188 kg CO /kWh
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TOTAL 91,350 6 kg CO / kg plastic
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Table 1: The projected amount of annual CO emissions
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