Sentences with phrase «trees per ton»

Some trees in the tropics can sink carbon at a rate of 40 trees per ton but it is impossible to place an exact number on tons per tree since there are too many variables (soil, sunlight, species, maturity, etc.).

Furthermore, two tons of trees per ton of paper remain standing due to recycling.

Not exact matches

An estimate from the American Physical Society (pdf) suggested that such air capture might cost roughly $ 600 per metric ton of CO2 captured, which makes even Lackner's bulky resin «trees» into the Tesla Roadster of emission reductions.

Not only are burning trees sending millions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere, perhaps even worse are the flames consuming peatland, a rich soil - like earth made up of decomposing organic material that can store as much as 3,300 tons of carbon per hectare.

Lastly, Barcelona's trees are expected to store 113,000 metric tons of carbon per year.

According to a Cornell press release, «Compared with conventional construction, the building is projected to save 882 tons of CO2 per year, equal to planting 5,300 new trees.»

The trees in the fields, meanwhile, could absorb 10.87 tons of carbon per hectare per year.

Landowners, companies, and others would be rewarded for planting trees (or protecting them in the case of tropical forests) with a tax credit of $ 10 to $ 20 per ton of carbon sequestered — once they've demonstrated that they'd actually sequestered the carbon.

Once completed, the new city will reportedly host 30,000 people and — thanks to the abundance of trees and plants — will absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO2, 57 tons of pollutants per year and produce approximately 900 tons of oxygen annually.