If the typical cost of centralized collection and disposal of food waste

is $250.00/tonne/year [Amortized cost of collection container, cost to

pickup and empty container, cost to clean dirty containers, cost to

transport organic waste to a central facility, (transportation costs &

wages will increase) cost of tipping fees at central facility, cost to buy

back compost made from organic waste householder sent for a ride ]

and if each Green Cone disposes of 2 pounds/day of food waste and

collection of organics was eliminated;

then in ten years, 18,500 Households would save:

18,500 X 2 lb/day X 365 days/yr X 10 years X 1/2200 tonnes/lb = 61,386

tonnes X $250/tonne = $15,346,590.00

If 18,500 Green Cones can save $15,346,590.00 then each should be worth:

$15,346,590/18,500 = $829.55 each!

What is the Return on Investment?

If the installed cost of 10,000 Green Cones was say $1,000,000.00

and if each Green Cone actually only received 1/4 tonne/year; (although

properly installed in a sunny location each Green Cone is rated to remove 2

pounds per day out of the waste stream)

and if the collection and transportation costs were reduced by say only

$100/tonne by reducing the frequency of collection and having more

households per truck providing service (each household having 20% less

waste to be collected);

then the savings from 10,000 Green Cones would be: $100/tonne reduced

collection & transport costs + $60/tonne eliminated tipping fee =

$160/tonne immediate savings.

10,000 Green Cones x 1/4 tonne/year (food waste) x $160/tonne savings =

$400,000.00/year.

In ten years that is a saving of $4,000,000.00

What is the return on investment if you spend $1,000,000 to save $4,000,000?

What if you eliminate collection of organics completely?

as received from

Doug Wilson

Fieldfare Environmentals

Agent for Green Cone Ltd.

Box 1 RR#1 Glenwood, N.S.

Canada B0W 1W0