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Waste Composition

The composition of municipal solid waste is estimated as follows.

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High level categories are determined from 1. The division of plastic is estimated from 2 and for metals and paper from 3. 'Other nonferrous metals' reported by 3 are assumed to be copper.

References

  1. United States Environmental Protection Agency. "National Overview: Facts and Figures on Materials, Wastes and Recycling". Accessed November 8, 2021. ↩

  2. Aurpa, S. S. "Characterization of MSW and Plastic Waste Volume Estimation During COVID-19 Pandemic". Masters Thesis, University of Texas at Arlington. May 2021. ↩

  3. Spendlow, P. "Oregon solid waste characterization and composition study". July 2018. ↩ ↩2