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Orange County <br />Waste Composition Study <br />Section 3: Results <br />13 <br />Orange County/Report/Final Report <br />Table 3-3: Composition of Single-Family Residential MSW by Season <br />Material Categories <br />Fall (n=21) Spring (n=18) Annual (n=39) <br />Weighted <br />Average <br />90% Confidence Weighted <br />Average <br />90% Confidence Weighted <br />Average <br />90% Confidence <br />Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper <br />1 Newspaper 1.1% 0.4% 1.8% 0.3% 0.1% 0.5% 0.7% 0.3% 1.1% <br />2 Magazines (Glossy) 1.3% 1.0% 1.7% 0.9% 0.5% 1.3% 1.1% 0.9% 1.3% <br />3 Corrugated Cardboard 1.8% 1.1% 2.5% 1.4% 0.8% 2.0% 1.6% 1.2% 2.1% <br />5 Phone Books 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% <br />6 Paperboard 2.9% 2.4% 3.3% 2.0% 1.7% 2.4% 2.5% 2.2% 2.8% <br />7 Other Books 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% <br />8 White Ledger 1.5% 1.1% 1.8% 0.7% 0.4% 1.0% 1.1% 0.8% 1.3% <br />9 Mixed Recyclable Paper 4.3% 3.5% 5.0% 3.5% 2.5% 4.4% 3.9% 3.3% 4.5% <br />40 Aseptic Containers 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% <br />11 All Plastic Bottles 2.7% 2.2% 3.2% 2.1% 1.7% 2.6% 2.4% 2.1% 2.8% <br />13A Dairy Plastic Containers 1.5% 0.4% 2.7% 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 1.0% 0.4% 1.7% <br />19 Tin/Steel Cans 1.0% 0.7% 1.4% 0.7% 0.5% 0.9% 0.9% 0.7% 1.1% <br />20 Aerosol Cans 0.5% 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% <br />22 Aluminum Cans 0.5% 0.4% 0.7% 0.6% 0.4% 0.8% 0.6% 0.4% 0.7% <br />23 Aluminum Foil 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% <br />25 Glass Bottles and Jars 2.7% 2.1% 3.3% 2.4% 1.8% 2.9% 2.5% 2.1% 3.0% <br /> Total Program Recyclables 22.7% 16.1% 19.6% <br />12B Retail Plastic Bags & Stretch Film 1.7% 1.5% 2.0% 1.6% 1.3% 1.8% 1.6% 1.5% 1.8% <br />16 Textiles/Leather 5.4% 3.8% 7.0% 8.1% 6.3% 10.0% 6.7% 5.4% 7.9% <br />21 Other Ferrous 1.0% 0.7% 1.4% 2.1% 0.4% 3.8% 1.5% 0.7% 2.3% <br />24 Other Non-Ferrous 0.4% 0.2% 0.7% 0.6% 0.2% 0.9% 0.5% 0.3% 0.7% <br />33 Lead Acid Batteries 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% <br />34 Dry Cell Batteries 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.9% -0.2% 1.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% <br />35 Oil Filters 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% <br />36 Other Hazardous Waste 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1% 1.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.5% <br />38 Reusable Waste 0.4% 0.0% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.6% <br />39 Electronic Waste 0.6% 0.2% 1.0% 0.9% 0.5% 1.3% 0.7% 0.4% 1.0% <br /> Other Potential Recyc/Reusable 9.8% 14.8% 12.2% <br />4 Waxy Cardboard 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% <br />15 Food Waste 25.1% 22.9% 27.3% 25.9% 23.6% 28.3% 25.5% 23.9% 27.1% <br />10 Low-Grade Paper 13.8% 12.4% 15.3% 13.6% 12.3% 14.9% 13.7% 12.8% 14.6% <br />18 Other Organics & Rubber 3.2% 2.0% 4.4% 5.1% 3.5% 6.6% 4.1% 3.1% 5.1% <br />27 Wood Pallets 0.2% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% <br />28 Wood Lumber 0.8% 0.3% 1.2% 0.4% -0.2% 0.9% 0.6% 0.2% 0.9% <br />30 Stumps/Branches 0.1% -0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% <br />32 Yard Waste 2.7% 0.8% 4.7% 1.9% 0.2% 3.6% 2.4% 1.0% 3.7% <br /> Total Compostables 46.0% 46.9% 46.4% <br />12A Plastic Film 6.0% 5.3% 6.7% 6.5% 5.9% 7.2% 6.3% 5.8% 6.7% <br />13B Mixed Plastic Containers 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 1.0% 0.9% 1.2% 0.7% 0.6% 0.9% <br />14 All Other Plastics 6.9% 5.7% 8.0% 5.6% 4.5% 6.6% 6.3% 5.6% 7.0% <br />17 Diapers 6.3% 4.8% 7.7% 5.7% 4.3% 7.0% 6.0% 5.0% 7.0% <br />26 Other Glass 0.4% 0.2% 0.6% 0.8% 0.5% 1.2% 0.6% 0.4% 0.8% <br />29 Painted/Treated Wood 0.6% 0.3% 0.8% 0.4% 0.1% 0.7% 0.5% 0.3% 0.7% <br />31 Brick/Concrete/Dirt 0.6% 0.2% 1.1% 2.1% 0.9% 3.3% 1.3% 0.8% 1.9% <br />37 Infectious Waste 0.2% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% <br /> All Other Waste 21.4% 22.2% 21.8% <br /> TOTALS 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% <br />Note: Columns may not appear to calculate correctly due to rounding. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 00C54720-9DC0-4A3D-ABED-77E0FD28E0CD