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environmental practice that helps decrease GHG emissions and prevents the financial cost and <br />land needed for land-filling. <br />Table 15: Community Recycled Waste by Waste Type, 2005xiii <br />Waste Type <br />GHG Emissions <br />Reduction (metric <br />tons CO2e) <br />Amount of Waste <br />Recycled (metric <br />tons) <br />Paper Products -2,5481,782 <br />Wood or Textiles -3827 <br />All Other Waste -885619 <br />TOTAL -13,4722,428 <br />  <br /> “Other” Emissions Sectors   <br />Water Treatment Facilities: <br />In 2005, the water treatment facilities responsible for treating University City’s waste water <br />emitted approximately 4,213 metric tons of CO2e. It is important to note that GHG emissions <br />resulting from the treatment of waste water are listed as an information item (Scope 3 emissions) <br />and are therefore not included in the summation of the community’s total emissions. Bruce <br />Litzsinger of the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) provided a per capita value for the volume <br />of waste water treated which can be translated into a per capita GHG emissions value based on <br />internal carbon footprint data. This per capita, waste water emissions value was then multiplied <br />by University City’s population (32,885) to achieve the total community-wide emissions for that <br />year. <br />Water Delivery Facilities: <br />The Missouri American Water central plant is responsible for transporting the water supply to <br />the citizens of University City. GHG emissions resulting from these water delivery facilities are <br />a product of the electricity used to pump water from the central plant to the University City <br />community. Bob Fuerman, Production Director of Missouri American Water, provided the <br />central plant’s total electricity usage and population served for the 2005 calendar year. This data <br />was then converted into a total value specific to the University City community. In 2005, the <br />water delivery facilities serving University City emitted approximately 2,240 metric tons of <br />CO2e. Similar to the water treatment facilities, emissions resulting from the electricity used to <br />deliver water supply are categorized as an “information item” and as such are not included in the <br />community’s total emissions value. <br /> <br />2010-2011 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, City of University City, MO 23 <br /> <br />