Orange County NC Website
WASTE COMPOSITION: ORGANIC FRACTION IN MSW <br />Sector <br />Food Waste <br />Yard Waste <br />Portion of <br />`Other Paper' <br />Other <br />Organics <br />Single Family <br />21% <br />2.6% <br />9.2% <br />17% <br />Multi Family <br />22.5% <br />3.9% <br />8.8% <br />17% <br />Commercial <br />25.5% <br />2.7% <br />14.5% <br />9% <br />Estimated Tons <br />11,400 tons <br />1,700 tons <br />51100 tons <br />8,500 tons <br />• Based on County waste composition study 2010 and 2014 -2015 tons reported <br />• % of food waste and other organics has increased significantly since 1995 <br />• Small increase in % of yard waste <br />• % of `other paper' has decreased <br />• Waste generation rate is approximately 0.6 tons /urban HHD /year <br />