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Carbon Footprint model for OLREI

OLREI have commenced a process to establish our Carbon Footprint. To do this we needed to know where we are creating or lending to Carbon production. Once established we will focus our attention on its reduction. To help us with our calculations we used the Carbon Foot print Calculator - Carbon Trust in the UK. The areas we examined as follows:

Emission type	Activity	CO2Tonnage
Direct Emissions	Fossil fuels	67.7tons
	Road vehicles	3.3tons
Indirect Emissions	Electricity & energy sources. (All green)	0
	Employee	333tons
	Flights miles (Long haul, European & Domestic)	17tons
Total		421tons

We are currently gathering data to look at the transport of our product to market given our remote location.
We are also investigating the impact of a 20 Hectare managed forest at the OLREI site. This positive offsetting factor will reduce the overall impact of our Carbon footprint.

Reduction in Landfill - Composting (Biowaste)

In January of 2009, OLREI carried out a study to determine the amount of waste produced by the canteen on-site. It was found that 50-60% of canteen waste could be composted. We therefore took the final step in our programme - "Reduction of landfill waste produced at OLREI to below 1%". A more precise metric value will be obtained over the coming months. A licensed waste contractor removes all our composting waste where it is treated as Biowaste in a wormery facility. Biowaste refers to organic waste capable of undergoing anaerobic/ aerobic decomposition, ie. Food waste, Garden waste, Kitchen waste etc. These represent a significant amount of solid waste & when disposed of to landfill generate methane & toxic leachate, with adverse impacts on our environment, but when used as a resource through Composting it will enhance the quality of one of our most precious resources- soil.

• Overview of Environmental Activities in Fiscal 2008 [PDF: 87KB]

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