Jennifer,
On average - Recycle Bicycle Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Recycles 800 to 900 bikes back into the community
Plus we strip about 400 bikes a year:
    Scrap steel is sold - we buy new parts
    Aluminum is sold - we buy more Park tools
    Parts & tires are reused locally or sent overseas
    Scrap rubber is sent to a tire wholsaler who pays to have it recycled properly ( his civic duty to the community ) 
    Cardboard is recycled but we don't get paid for

Ross Willard   717-571-2008   www.recyclebicycle.info recyclebicycle@verizon.net
Jennifer,
 
From the Recycle-A-Bicycle site (http://www.recycleabicycle.org/about-us):
 
On average, RAB salvages 1,800 bicycles each year from the waste stream, diverting a total of 45,000 pounds of waste from NYC's landfills.
 
If you contact them, they might have more data for you.
 
Jim Craven
Don't worry.
Be happy.
Ride a bike.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jennifer Shriver
To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 5:15 PM
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Number of bikes trashed and recycled in the US everyyear

Any of you have info on this topic?

Hard data would be best, but estimates of what is recycled -- and what goes to landfill -- in your town would be very helpful.

This is for a state of colorado recycling grant.

And suggestions about who might have this data would also be welcome!

Jennifer M. Shriver, Development Coordinator
Phone: 303-641-2749
e-mail: jennifer@communitycycles.org

www.CommunityCycles.org
2805 Wilderness Place
Boulder, CO 80301

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