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Orange County <br />Waste Composition Study <br />Section 3: Results <br />20 <br />Orange County/Report/Final Report <br />Figure 3-4: Annual Composition of Commercial MSW <br /> <br />Note: For the purpose of this figure, the following categories have been combined: <br /> Other Recyclable Paper includes the categories of Magazines, Phone Books, Other Books, White Ledger, Mixed Recyclable Paper, and <br />Aseptic Containers. <br /> Recyclable Plastic Containers includes the categories of All Plastic Bottles and Dairy Plastic Containers. <br /> Metal Cans and Foil includes the categories of Steel/Tin Cans, Aluminum Cans, Aerosol Cans, and Aluminum Foil. <br /> Other Metals includes the categories of Other Ferrous Metals and Other Non-Ferrous Metals. <br /> Recoverable Hazardous Waste includes the categories of Lead Acid Batteries, Dry Cell Batteries, Oil Filters, and Other Hazardous Wastes. <br /> Compostable Paper includes the categories of Waxy Cardboard and Low Grade Paper. <br /> Compostable Wood includes the categories of Wood Pallets, Wood Lumber, and Stumps/Branches. <br /> Non-recoverable Plastic includes the categories of Plastic Film, Mixed Plastic Containers, and All Other Plastics. <br /> Other Materials includes the categories of Other Glass, Painted/Treated Wood, Brick/Concrete/Dirt, and Infectious Waste. <br /> <br />Newspaper, <br />0.7% <br />Corrugated <br />Cardboard, 3.6%Paperboard, <br />2.4% <br />Other Recyclable <br />Paper, 6.4% <br />Recyclable Plastic <br />Containers, 4.1% <br />Metal Cans <br />and Foil, 1.9% <br />Glass Bottles <br />and Jars, 2.2% <br />Retail Plastic <br />Bags, 1.2% <br />Textiles/Leather, <br />4.3% <br />Other Metal, <br />1.2% <br />Recoverable Haz. <br />Waste, 0.6% <br />Reusable <br />Waste, 0.5% <br />Electronic <br />Waste, 0.4% <br />Food Waste, 24.9% <br />Compostable <br />Paper, 15.5% <br />Compostable <br />Wood, 1.9% <br />Yard Waste, <br />0.9% <br />Other Organics & <br />Rubber, 3.6% <br />Non-recoverable <br />Plastic, 15.4% <br />Diapers, 3.1% <br />Other Materials, 5.1% <br />Program <br />Recyclables <br />21.3% <br />Potential <br />Recyclables <br />8.3% <br />Compostables <br />46.8% <br />All Other <br />Waste <br />23.5% <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 00C54720-9DC0-4A3D-ABED-77E0FD28E0CD