TOOLKIT FOR URBAN REGENERATIVE ENVIRONMENTS | ELENI KATRINIMSc IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN cARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITySUPERVISORS: VIVIAN LOFTNESS, AZIZAN AZIZ, ERIcA cOcHRAN

US FOOD SySTEM ENERGy USE TOTAL: 10.25 QUADRILLION bTU

Transportation accounts for 14% of energy use within the food systemSource: Heller and Keoleian. Life Cycle-Based Sustainability Indicators for

Assessment of the U.S. Food System. (2000)

FOOD

16%7%4%

7%

processing

pack

agin

g

food

reta

il

restaurants

transportation

preparation

refrigeration

home

agricult

ural

productio

n

31%21%

14%

FOOD

US FOOD SySTEM ENERGy USE TOTAL: 10.25 QUADRILLION bTU

Transportation accounts for 14% of energy use within the food systemSource: Heller and Keoleian. Life Cycle-Based Sustainability Indicators for

Assessment of the U.S. Food System. (2000)

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2010 TOTAL MUNIcIPAL SOLID WASTE GENERATION

250 MILLION TONSSource: U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data

ORGANIc WASTE

ORGANIc WASTE

2010 TOTAL MUNIcIPAL SOLID WASTE GENERATION

250 MILLION TONSSource: U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data

paper +

paperboard

28.5%8.4%

12.4%

9%

6.4%rubbertextiles

plastics

metals

4.6%

wood

glassglass

otheryard trim

ming

food scrap

13.4%

13.9%=1 POUND OF WASTE

PER PERSON PER DAy

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