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household batteries, or a commercial load might be made <br />up entirely of telephone poles. Neither sample lends <br />itself to an accurate measure of volume. <br />It is necessary to report waste quantities at <br />landfills in both volumes and weight. Volumes <br />measurements are to represent the actual space consumed <br />by the various waste types in the landfill. The County <br />does not have accurate data concerning the volume <br />consumed per waste type. The County does however, <br />maintain accurate data concerning the overall landfill <br />space consumed by waste, calculated on an annual basis. <br />Waste arriving at the County's Harney Lane Sanitary <br />Landfill is weighed and recorded into the County's <br />computer data banks. Periodically, County solid waste <br />engineers perform topographical surveys of the landfill <br />and calculate the volume of landfill space that has been <br />used. The volume in tons of waste arriving at the gate <br />divided into the cubic yards of space consumed provides <br />a ratio of incoming waste to space consumed. This <br />information, although not published, is part of the <br />records maintained by the Solid Waste Office. <br />Historically, one ton of incoming solid waste <br />occupies two and a half cubic yards of landfill space, <br />including daily cover, at the County's Harney Lane <br />Landfill. Therefore, this conversion factor of 2.5 to 1 <br />was used to convert tons to cubic yards for waste <br />disposed of at County disposal sites. <br />The ACT requires each jurisdiction to report marine <br />wastes generated within their boundaries. Located in the <br />central valley, the unincorporated area does not generate <br />marine wastes. <br />Assembly Bill 1820 also requires jurisdictions to <br />identify and categorize all litter generated in its <br />political boundaries. Litter is collected by the <br />California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) on <br />Appendix I 8 <br />