Waste generation and carbon emissions of a hospital kitchen in the US: Potential for waste diversion and carbon reductions
Fig 4
Estimated annual carbon emissions from waste diversion scenarios in the case hospital kitchen.
Current (Base Case) = kitchen diverts cardboard and some metal recycling only; Ideal = recycling and composting of all possible materials; Likely Future = recycling and composting of likely materials based on feedback from kitchen staff. Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) from composting are assumed to be carbon negative. No carbon credit is issued for recycling, so it is not included in this figure.