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TOTAL WASTE DELIVERED TO LANDFILLS DURING 1988 <br /> IN THE COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN <br /> The County of San Joaquin has a total of four general use landfills <br /> which accept municipal household waste. The amount of refuse <br /> delivered to each of those sites during 1988 is as follows: <br /> Disposal Site Total Tons Received <br /> Harney Lane Sanitary Landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 901 <br /> Austin Road Sanitary Landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,452 <br /> Foothill Sanitary Landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127, 116 <br /> Corral Hollow Sanitary Landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 72 , 998 <br /> Total 477,467 <br /> There are two additional landfills in San Joaquin County, the <br /> French Camp Sanitary Landfill and the Forward Inc. Sanitary <br /> Landfill. These sites, however, do not accept municipal household <br /> waste. The French Camp site receives only tree trimmings and yard <br /> clippings. The Forward Inc. facility accepts commercial and <br /> industrial waste, and certain designated waste. The total amount <br /> of waste received at these sites during 1988 follows: <br /> Disposal Site Total Tons Received <br /> French Camp Sanitary Landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45,240 <br /> Forward Inc. Sanitary Landfill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 ,282 <br /> Total 123,522 <br /> Combining the above totals indicate, that 600,989 tons of waste were <br /> landfilled in San Joaquin County in 1988. <br /> WASTE GENERATION RATE <br /> With the exception of the waste generated in Refuse Service Area <br /> A (Thornton area) , and the City of Escalon, all of the County's <br /> solid waste is landfilled within San Joaquin County. Excluding the <br /> population from those two areas, the 1988 waste generation rate per <br /> person per day in San Joaquin County is 8 lbs, calculated as <br /> follows: <br /> Total Tons Landfilled in 1988. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600,989 <br /> x 2 , 000 <br /> Equals 1,201,978, 000 pounds <br /> Total 1988 County Population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449,800 <br /> (City of Escalon and Refuse Service Area A population <br /> excluded. ) <br /> Therefore, 1,201,978, 000/449,800/365 days = 8 lbs/person/day <br /> In comparison with the State and national waste generation rates <br /> 1 <br />