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<br />North County RC&SL Public Works/Solid Waste <br />Joint Technical Document County of San Joaquin – Revised July 14, 2025 <br /> <br /> <br />Table 3 <br />General Waste Properties <br />North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill <br />San Joaquin County, California <br /> <br />Waste <br />Density Typical <br />(lbs/cy) <br />Moisture <br />Content <br />Typical <br />(%) <br />Volatile <br />Matter <br />(%) <br />Carbon <br />(%) <br />Ash <br />(%) <br /> <br />Residential <br />Food wastes (mixed) 490 70 21 4 5 <br />Paper 150 6 76 8 5 <br />Cardboard 85 <br />Plastics 110 2 96 2 5 <br />Glass 330 2 0 <br />Tin cans 150 <br />Aluminum 270 <br />Leaves (loose and dry) 100 <br />Yard trimmings 170 60 30 10 0.5 <br />Green grass (loose and moist) 400 <br />Green grass (wet and compacted) 1,000 <br />Municipal Waste <br />In compactor truck 500 <br />In landfill (normally compacted) 760 21 52 7 20 <br />In landfill (wet and compacted) 1,010 <br />Commercial Waste <br />Food wastes 910 <br />Wooden crates 185 <br />Construction and Demolition Waste <br />Mixed demolition (noncombustible) 2,395 <br />Mixed demolition (combustible) 605 <br />Mixed construction (combustible) 440 <br />Broken concrete 2,595 <br /> <br />Source: Tchobanoglous et al. Integrated Solids Waste Management: Engineering Principles and <br />Management Issues, 1993 <br /> <br />