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FIGURE 1: MUNICIPAL REFUSE COMPOSITION <br />Municipal refuse compos i t ion (percent on wet weight <br />basis). <br />REFUSE <br />COMPONENT 1 16 i7 39 REFERENCE NUMBER <br />40 43 47 <br />47 47 47 48b 49 49 54 <br />Food Waste <br />Garden Waste 10.1 12.0 15.3 14.5 <br />16.0 22,5 12.0 4.8 <br />13.8 12.5 9,0 12.0 9 <br />5,2 9.0 10.7 12.0 0.5 14.9 <br />Paper Products .6 69. 69.0 10.4 35.7 64.1 16.3 <br />60.3 50.0 42.4 42.5 48.0 45.5 42.0 56.5 <br />Plastics/Rubber 2.0 3.0 .1.8 . 40.6 30.0 30.2 34.9 <br />4.0 2.0 2.5 2.4 <br />Textiles 2,2 0.2 4.6 1.3 6.4 <br />1.6 2.0 1.6 2-0 1.0 4.0 -- <br />Wood 0, 6 -- 1.0 1-5 1.7 1.0 <br />1.4 2.0 1.2 2.5 2.0 1.0 1.7 <br />Metals 3.0 2.5 -- -- -- <br />7.7 8.0 1.0 1.8 1.9 3.8 <br />6.7 9.0 8.0 9.0 8.0 14.5 8.7 <br />Glass/Ceramic 5,1 7.0 1®,1 10.0 6,0 6.0 6, 10.5 9.0 5.9 __ <br />9.8 <br />Ash/Dirt/Rock 0 6.1 11.3 11.4 10, 9 4.5 <br />6.6 7.0 7.2 -- 8.0 7.5 iO.S <br />Fines 11.0 8.5 •- 2.8 <br />1.0 1,7 <br />Miscellan -� -- 3•® --_- <br />sous 8.3 7,0 <br />a The -- -• 3.0 _- 0.5 -- 7.1�'7. --�2.1-- -- <br />number above each coiumn is a reference number identifying the source bibliography, In cases where a reference <br />alternative waste streams have been analyzedesents differinga of the data the <br />data (e.g., references 47 and 49), <br />Average of all cells. <br />Source: Methane Generation and Recover From Landfills,, by EMCON Associates 19821 <br />