Carbon Benefits of Not Landfilling Wood Pallets & Packaging



This calculator is being trialled for a period of six months. Users are invited to provide feedback to the Timber Development Association by 15 February 2012.

This calculator estimates the carbon benefits (in the form of greenhouse gas emissions reductions) of recycling commercial quantities of wood pallets instead of disposing of them in landfill. The recycling options included are repair and reuse, recycling into animal bedding or landscape mulch and use to generate renewable energy.

For details of the factors and assumptions used in this calculator see the Recovered Wood Pallet and Packaging Carbon Calculator - Assumptions Report.

How to Use

  1. Enter your company name and the period you want to calculate in the boxes above
  2. Select from the dropdown list whether you have information on the weight of wood packaging or quantities of pallets
  3. Enter the quantities or weights of your wood packaging and/or pallets recycled for the various end uses
  4. The results will be automatically calculated
  5. Scroll down the page to see detailed charts of where greenhouse emissions are emitted or reduced
  6. Click on the Print Report button to print a two page report of the results.
 
Company:       Statement Period: e.g. Jan - Mar 2010
 
Calculate emissions by

Packaging Weight (tonnes) # of Light
Pallets 		# of Medium
Pallets 		# of Heavy
Pallets 		Recycling Options CO2 Emissions
Reduced (tonnes)		 Pallets
Diverted (tonnes)
Repair & Reuse 0 0
Recycling into Animal Bedding 0 0
Recycling into Mulch 0 0
Renewable Energy 0 0
0 0 0 0
Total:
 0 0

 

Repair & Reuse

0.00 tonnes CO2 Emissions
CO2 Emissions (tonnes)
Process

Recycling into Animal Bedding

0.00 tonnes CO2 Emissions
CO2 Emissions (tonnes)
Process

Recycling into Mulch

0.00 tonnes CO2 Emissions
CO2 Emissions (tonnes)
Process

Renewable Energy

0.00 tonnes CO2 Emissions
CO2 Emissions (tonnes)
Process
 
This Calculator estimates greenhouse gas emissions in carbon dioxide equivalents and draws on approaches and default values provided in:
  • Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency - National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Technical Guidelines 2010
  • Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency - National Carbon Offset Standard
  • The GHG Protocol - First drafts of Product and Scope 3 Standards.

For details of the factors and assumptions used in this calculator see the Recovered Wood Pallet and Packaging Carbon Calculator - Assumptions Report.

This calculator is not designed to replace a formal GHG emissions audit. An offline Excel based calculator is available for organisations. To order a copy, contact us.

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