To Reduce its Carbon Footprint, UNC Could Burn Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic - Inside Climate News

To Reduce Its Carbon Footprint, UNC Could Burn Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic

This story originally published online at Inside Climate News. On a Friday afternoon in mid-January, college students hugged themselves as they lumbered through the University of North Carolina campus. Temperatures teetered just above freezing. Snow would soon skitter in from the west. A half-mile from campus on West Cameron Avenue and overlooking two historically Black neighborhoods, several drab apartment complexes and quaint 1920s homes conve…

To Reduce its Carbon Footprint, UNC Could Burn Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic - Inside Climate News

While burning the pellets would reduce greenhouse gases from the university’s physical plant, it would increase harmful levels of nitrogen oxides, lead, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds.By Lisa SorgCHAPEL HILL, N.C.—On a Friday afternoon in mid-January, college students hugged themselves as they lumbered through the University of North Carolina campus. Temperatures teetered just above freezing. Snow would soon skitter in from the w…

To Reduce its Carbon Footprint, UNC Could Burn Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic

While burning the pellets would reduce greenhouse gases from the university's physical plant, it would increase harmful levels of nitrogen oxides, lead, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds. By Lisa Sorg CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-On a Friday afternoon in mid-January, college students hugged themselves as they lumbered through the University of North Carolina campus. Temperatures teetered just above freezing. Snow would soon skitter in from the…