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C <br />Table 1 <br />General Waste Properties <br />Foothill Sanitary Landfill <br />Waste <br />Units <br />Residential <br />Food wastes (mixed) <br />Paper <br />Cardboard <br />Plastics <br />Glass <br />Tin cans <br />Aluminum <br />Leaves (loose and dry) <br />Yard trimmings <br />Green grass (loose and moist) <br />Green grass (wet and compacted) <br />Municipal Waste <br />In compactor truck <br />In landfill (normally compacted) <br />In landfill (wet and compacted) <br />Commercial Waste <br />Food wastes <br />Wooden crates <br />Construction and Demolition Waste <br />Mixed demolition. (noncombustible) <br />Mixed demolition (combustible) <br />Mixed construction (combustible) <br />Broken concrete <br />Density <br />Typical <br />Content <br />Typical <br />Volatile <br />Matter <br />Carbon <br />Ash <br />lbs/cy <br />% <br />% <br />% <br />490 <br />70 <br />21 <br />4 <br />5 <br />150 <br />6 <br />76 <br />8 <br />5 <br />85 <br />110 <br />2 <br />96 <br />2 <br />5 <br />330 <br />2 <br />0 <br />150 <br />270 <br />100 <br />170 <br />60 <br />30 <br />10 <br />0.5 <br />400 <br />1,000 <br />500 <br />760 <br />21 <br />52 <br />7 <br />20 <br />1,010 <br />910 <br />185 <br />2,395 <br />605 <br />440 <br />2,595 <br />Source: Tchobanoglous et al. Integrated Solids Waste Management. <br />Engineering Principles and Management Issues, 1993 <br />Foothill Sanitary Landfill <br />Joint Technical Document <br />Public Works/Solid Waste <br />County of San Joaquin -July 30, 2010 <br />