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Table 3-2 <br />41 ESTIMATED SOLID WASTE COMPOSITION <br />FOR SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br />(percent by weight) <br />Components <br />San Joaquin <br />County <br />SWMP 1978 <br />San <br />Francisco <br />1978 <br />Los <br />Angeles <br />1982 <br />Long <br />Beach <br />1983 <br />Anaheim <br />1983 <br />Newspaper <br />4 <br />9.6 <br />6.2 <br />6.3 <br />5.8 <br />Corrugated Cardboard <br />10 <br />9.3 <br />4 <br />11.2 <br />14.4 <br />Miscellaneous Paper <br />33 <br />33.5 <br />2.1 <br />20.6 <br />22.9 <br />Total Paper <br />47 <br />52.4 <br />12.3 <br />38.1 <br />43.1 <br />Film Plastics <br />1.0 <br />0.8 <br />3.4 <br />3.2 <br />Molded Plastics <br />10 <br />0.4 <br />1.4 <br />2.9 <br />2.7 <br />Leather, Rubber <br />0.5 <br />3.3 <br />.1.0 <br />0.9 <br />Textiles <br />1.5 <br />2.6 <br />2.8 <br />2.2 <br />Lumber Wood <br />4 <br />3.2 <br />12.1 <br />3.1 <br />3.2 <br />Tree/Yard Waste <br />15 <br />17.8 <br />39.8 <br />18.5 <br />16.0 <br />Garbage <br />6 <br />3.9 <br />2.9 <br />8.5 <br />9.6 <br />Total Miscellaneous <br />35 <br />28.3 <br />62.9 <br />40.2 <br />9.6 <br />Organics <br />W Total Organics <br />82 <br />80.7 <br />15.2 <br />78.3 <br />80.9 <br />Ferrous Metal <br />8.5 <br />6.7 <br />6.3 <br />4.6 <br />4.9 <br />Aluminum <br />1.0 <br />0.8 <br />2.0 <br />1.0 <br />0.8 <br />Other <br />0.5 <br />0.7 <br />0.4 <br />0.9 <br />Non -Ferrous Glass <br />8.0 <br />9.4 <br />4.3 <br />11.7 <br />12.5 <br />Stones, Sand, Soil, <br />1.7 <br />12.2 <br />4 <br />Ceramics <br />Total Inerts <br />18.0 <br />19.3 <br />24.8 <br />21.7 <br />19.1 <br />Total Components <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />Estimated Moisture <br />25 <br />20 <br />19.1 <br />22.5 <br />21 <br />Estimated HHVb <br />4,880 <br />4,698 <br />3,727 <br />4,400 <br />4,646 <br />a = Residential only; paper content and tree/yard waste content of questionable <br />accuracy. <br />b = HHV - higher Heating <br />valve - energy content <br />in British <br />Thermal Units <br />per pound of waste in- <br />cluding its moisture. <br />Source: California Waste Management Board & Hokimian Van Dorpe Associates. <br />PJ9 9390218A.00W 15a Rev. 1 September 8, 1989 <br />