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5 <br /> Table I <br /> C&D Waste Composition <br /> Year of Sort 1990 1995 1996 2000 Average <br /> SCS qCS Staff Staff of avg's) <br /> INERTS 45.1 38.2 46.1 41.1 42.6 <br /> Rock 1.6 15.7 n/a n/a <br /> Dirt/Stumps 6.1 10.5 10.7 20.7 <br /> Concrete/Brick/Block 0.8 7.3 34.7 11.4 <br /> Asphalt/Shingles* 20.7 4.7 12.8 9.0 <br /> Other Inert 15.9 n/a n/a n/a <br /> WOOD 29.8. 42.2 22.7 29.0 30.9 <br /> Solid,Unpainted, 15.3 22.4 13.6 12.4 <br /> Untreated Lumber <br /> Engineered Wood in lumber in lumber in lumber 8.8 <br /> Painted/Treated 10.8 11.1 6.4 5.0 <br /> Yard Waste 0.5 8.3 0.5 <1 <br /> Pallets 3.2 0.4 2.2 2.8 <br /> METAL 1.9 0.2 5.4 2.1 2.4 <br /> .DRYWALL 18.1 8.1 8.4 6.2 10.2 <br /> OTHER 5.1 11.3 17.4 21.5 13.8 <br /> Furniture n/a n/a n/a 3.3 <br /> Carpet n/a n/a 0.2 1.6 <br /> Electronics n/a n/a n/a 3.4 <br /> Plastic 1.0 0.4 0.3 n/a <br /> Paper 1.0 0.4 0.8 n/a <br /> Miscellaneous n/a 3.9 4.1 1 13.2 1 <br /> shingles estimated at 10%of waste stream <br /> Key Unresolved Issues in Development of the Ordinance <br /> Certain key issues that must be addressed in the development of a workable ordinance <br /> have not been finalized. Without resolution,the ordinance is vague and difficult to <br /> enforce. Those include: <br /> A. Demolition wastes: <br /> It is much more difficult and therefore more costly to extract recyclable wood and metal <br /> and other LCOlated recyclable materials from demolition work than new construction. <br /> The cost of deconstruction,in order to retrieve recyclable wood,metal and other <br /> recoverable materials is typically greater than the cost of demolition. This problem can <br /> be addressed in several ways in the regulations: <br /> 5 <br />