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Table 5 <br /> General Waste Properties <br /> North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill <br /> San Joaquin County, California <br /> Density Moisture <br /> Typical Content Volatile <br /> Waste (lbs/cy) Typical (%) Matter(%) Carbon(%) Ash(%) <br /> Residential <br /> Food wastes (mixed) 490 21 4 5 <br /> 6 <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 /> Source: Tchobanoglous et al. Integrated Solids Waste Management: Engineering Principles and <br /> Management Issues, 1993 <br /> North County RC and SL Public Works/Solid Waste <br /> JTD County of San Joaquin-November 30,2004 <br />