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I <br /> TOTAL WASTE DELIVERED TO LANDFILLS D <br /> URING 1989 <br /> IN SAN JOAOUIN COUNTY <br /> i <br /> Disposal Site Total Tons Received <br /> Harney Lane Sanitary Landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124, 969 <br /> Austin Road Sanitary Landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 300 <br /> Foothill Sanitary Landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135, 093 <br /> Corral Hollow Sanitary Landfill. . . . . .s . . . e . . • 61. 278 <br /> Subtotal: 459, 640 <br /> French Camp Sanitary Landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 000 <br /> Forward Inc. Sanitary Landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 . 256 <br /> Total: a554 , 896 <br /> The first four landfills listed above are general use landfills <br /> which accept municipal household waste. The French Camp Sanitary <br /> Landfill receives only tree trimmings and yard clippings, and the <br /> Forward Inc. facility accepts commercial and industrial waste and <br /> 11 certain designated waste. <br /> WASTE GENERATION RATE <br />{ With the exception of the waste generated in Refuse Service Area <br /> A (Thornton area) , the City of Escalon, and the waste disposed of <br /> at the Stanislaus incineration facility, all of the County's solid <br /> waste is landfilled within San Joaquin County. Excluding the <br /> Population from the Thornton area and Escalon, the 1989 waste <br /> generation rate per person per day in San Joaquin County can be <br /> estimated as follows: <br /> Total Tons Disposed of in 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 , 896 <br /> Plus Waste Transferred to Stanislaus . . . . . . . . 19, 532 <br /> Plus Known Recycling. . <br /> Equals Total Waste Stream ,4 16 <br /> 644 <br /> Times Number of Pounds in Ton 644 444 <br /> 2 . 000 pounds <br /> Equals Pounds Disposed of in 1989 1, 288,888 , 000 pounds <br /> Divided by the total County Population <br /> (Thornton area and Escalon excluded) . . . . . 459 . 170 <br /> Equals Pounds per Person per Year 2 , 807 pounds <br /> Divided by number of Days in Year , 365 <br /> Equals Pounds Per Person Per Day 7. 69 pounds <br /> The State and national waste generation rates per person are <br /> estimated to be 7.4 lbs and 5.5 lbs respectively. The County's <br /> climate, long growing season, and agricultural orientation could <br /> account for the difference in local versus national figures. <br /> 3 <br />