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3.0 WASTE CHARACTERISTICS The proposed North County Sanitary Landfill is initially expected to receive ap- proximately 2,500 tons of nonhazardous solid waste per week (350 tons per day, 127,800 tons per year) with daily peak loads of 770 tons per day. This waste quantity for 1990 is expected to increase 3 percent annually based on projected population growth (see Table 3-1). However, recycling at the new site may lessen the volume of the waste stream. According to the CoSWMP, representative municipal solid waste contains equal portions of residential and commercial solid waste and has the following com- position: • 50 to 70 percent organics (wet weight) • 10 to 20 percent inorganics (wet weight) • 20 to 30 percent moisture (wet weight) Table 3-2 presents the results of a waste composition survey within the County AM up conducted by the California Waste Management Board (CWMB) and Hekimian Van Dorpe Associates. The existing Harney Lane Sanitary Landfill receives about 61 percent (1988) of its wastes from the City of Lodi and County Service Area B via the California Waste Removal Systems (CWRS) transfer station in Lodi (see Figure 3-1). At the transfer station, approximately 20 percent of the delivered material is reclaimed for subsequent reuse or recycling including corrugated cardboard, newspaper, metals, wood chips, and yard and tree waste (CoSMWP, p. 8-1). About 15 percent of the existing landfill's annual waste volume is generated by unincorporated areas northeast of the City of Stockton (CoSWMP). The Sanitary City Disposal Company collects wastes from the City of Lodi while San -CO Dis- posal collects waste from County Refuse Service Area B. PJ9 9390218A.00W 14 Rev. 1 September 8, 1989