THE IMPACT OF TRACE
Since 2005, TRACE has helped companies and individuals, in Wisconsin and beyond, to divert over 1 million tons of material from landfills and incinerators.
- Projects in Wisconsin averaged an 85.3% diversion rate!
- Nationwide users averaged 73.1%.
Enough material was kept out of landfills to fill Lambeau Field to the top of the stadium 1.8 times, about 42% of an average Wisconsin landfill. Finding better uses for that material effectively added a month and a half of life to each of Wisconsin's 53 landfills. More importantly, getting this material back into the economy has saved:
- 961 thousand metric tons of CO2, the equivalent of keeping 12 thousand cars off the road every year since 2005.
- 20 thousand acres of habitat, including 1.8 million trees.
- A year's worth of drinking water for 800 thousand people.
- $35 million through reduced waste hauling fees.
On behalf of WasteCap I would like to personally thank those companies that supported TRACE over the years. We could not have continued this long without your help.