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646 MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE

TABLE 3

Urban refuse, typical compositions

Source

Hempstead, NY

Hempstead, NY

Chicago 56–58

Chandler, Arizona

St Clara County, Calif.

Berkeley, Califor

nia

Del. Co.Pa.

time

64

6/66

2.67

average

1953

1967

1952

1967

1980

Material

Paper and paper prod.

56.01

53.5

32.71

53.33

56.5

42.7

50

69.0

c

69.7

c

38

compostable material

Wood

2.82

—

1.22

1.46

—

2.3

2

—

—

—

Grass, leaves, etc.

7.56

9.14

33.33

0.26

9.6

1.3

9

—

—

8

Rubber

0.42

0.38

—

—

—

0.7

1

—

—

12

Plastic

3.50

0.76

2.45

3.45

—

0.4

1

—

1.9

—

Oil, paint

0.84

0.76

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Dirt

2.52

2.29

aa

——

—

———

Rags

0.84

0.76

3.00

2.24

1.9

2

1.5

1.1

4

Miscellaneous

0.52

0.38

—

—

—

—

8

7.6

7.4

6

Rubbish

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Garbage

9.24

6.11

9.58

16.70

4.8

21.8

12

dd

9

Fat

—

2.29

—

—

—

11.3

—

—

—

—

Metal

7.53

6.85

7.96

10.60

14.8

b

9.8

8

10.6

8.7

13

Glass, ceramics

8.50

7.73

9.75

11.87

7.8

7

11.4

11.3

10

Ash

—

—

—

—

18.7

—

—

—

—

—

Reference

(7)

(8)

(9)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(13)

—

a Included in glass and leads.b Glass averaged 6.4% range 3.5–9.3%.c Includes garbage.d Included in compostable material.

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