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Table 3 <br />General Waste Properties <br />North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill <br />San Joaquin County, California <br />Density Typical Moisture Content Volatile Matter <br />Waste (lbs/cv) Tvpical M M Carbon <br />Residential <br />Food wastes (mixed) <br />490 <br />70 <br />Paper <br />150 <br />6 <br />Cardboard <br />85 <br />Plastics <br />110 <br />2 <br />Glass <br />330 <br />2 <br />Tin cans <br />150 <br />Aluminum <br />270 <br />Leaves (loose and dry) <br />100 <br />Yard trimmings <br />170 <br />60 <br />Green grass (loose and moist) <br />400 <br />Green grass (wet and compacted) <br />1,000 <br />Municipal Waste <br />In compactor truck <br />500 <br />In landfill (normally compacted) <br />760 <br />21 <br />In landfill (wet and compacted) <br />1,010 <br />Commercial Waste <br />Food wastes <br />910 <br />Wooden crates <br />185 <br />Construction and Demolition Waste <br />Mixed demolition (noncombustible) <br />2,395 <br />Mixed demolition (combustible) <br />605 <br />Mixed construction (combustible) <br />440 <br />Broken concrete <br />2,595 <br />Source: Tchobanoglous et al. Integrated Solids Waste Management: Engineering Principles and <br />Management Issues, 1993 <br />NA1 North County\JTDsUTD-201 OUTDTable2n3n4 2-10-1 O.As, Table3 <br />Ash M <br />21 <br />4 5 <br />76 <br />8 5 <br />96 <br />2 5 <br />0 <br />30 10 0.5 <br />52 7 20 <br />North County Recycling Center <br />and Sanitary Landfill <br />Joint Technical Document <br />