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Waste <br />Density <br />Typical <br />Moisture <br />Content <br />Typical <br />Volatile <br />Matter Carbon Ash <br />Units lbs/cy %%%% <br />Residential <br />Food wastes (mixed)490 70 21 4 5 <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: <br />Engineering Principles and Management Issues , 1993 <br />Table 1 <br />General Waste Properties <br />Foothill Sanitary Landfill <br />Foothill Sanitary Landfill <br />Joint Technical Document <br />San Joaquin County DPW - Solid Waste <br />July 2025