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information concerning the waste stream based on both weight and <br /> volume. Information for the other facilities is based on volume <br /> and is more general in nature. <br /> OVERALL CONVERSION Parmn <br /> Since not all of disposal sites in the County have scales to weigh <br /> incoming waste, a conversion factor, to convert cubic yards to <br /> tons, was developed using data compiled at the Lovelace Transfer <br /> Station. The conversion factor assumes that waste quantities and <br /> weights received at the Lovelace Transfer station are similar to <br /> those at other disposal facilities. <br /> The conversion factor was calculated by dividing the total tons <br /> leaving the transfer station during 1989, (125, 815 tons) by the <br /> total cubic yards received at the transfer station during 1989 <br /> (682, 263 cy) . The result, . 184, is the conversion factor used in <br /> this report to convert cubic yard data to tons for the following <br /> sites: - Forward, Inc. Sanitary Landfill <br /> - Corral Hollow Sanitary Landfill <br /> The . 184 conversion factor is equivalent to 368 pounds per cubic <br /> yard. <br /> SMALL VEHICLE CONVERSION FACTOR <br /> Although both the Lovelace Transfer Station and the Harney Lane <br /> Landfill have scales, only larger vehicles are weighed, while <br /> smaller vehicles are not. Therefore, it is necessary to calculate <br /> a factor to convert the cubic yard volume of smaller vehicle non- <br /> weighed waste to tons. In developing this conversion factor, it <br /> is assumed that waste delivered to the Lovelace Transfer station <br /> in smaller vehicles is similar in weight to the small vehicle waste <br /> at other County sites. Thus, the conversion factor calculated for <br /> the Lovelace Transfer Station is applicable to other sites for <br /> similar vehicle type non-weighed waste. This factor was calculated <br /> as follows: <br /> Total tons transferred from the LTS 1989 . . . . . 125, 815 <br /> Less: Weight of incoming weighed waste. . . . . . . _92_,130 <br /> Equals: Weight of non-weighed incoming waste. 33 , 685 <br /> Divided by: cy volume of incoming <br /> non-weighed waste. . . . . . . . 138, 314 <br /> Equals: Conversion factor for cy to tons. . . . . .24354 <br /> Thus, the .2435 factor, or 487 pounds per cubic yard, is used in <br /> this report to convert non-weighed smaller vehicle type waste to <br /> tons for the Foothill and Harney Lane Landfills. <br /> 2 <br />