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Orange County <br />Waste Composition Study <br />Appendix B <br />Orange County/Report/Appendices <br />Table B-2: Single-Family Residential Sample Results (% by weight) – Spring (April 2017) <br /> Unincorporated (County Hauled) <br />Load information Mon Walnut Grove Compactor Mon Conv. Center Mon Conv. Center Thu Walnut Grove Compactor Material Categories sample # 1 4 5 39 <br />1 Newspaper 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% <br />2 Glossy Magazines 0.9% 0.2% 0.0% 1.6% <br />3 Cardboard 1.3% 4.3% 1.5% 0.4% <br />4 Waxy Cardboard 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% <br />5 Phone Books 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% <br />6 Paperboard 2.8% 1.3% 1.4% 2.8% <br />7 Other Books 0.2% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% <br />8 White Ledger 0.1% 0.1% 1.3% 0.6% <br />9 Mixed Recyclable Paper 2.9% 3.6% 8.7% 3.9% <br />10 Low-Grade Paper 17.2% 14.3% 16.5% 12.7% <br />11 All Plastic Bottles 4.0% 0.9% 3.2% 2.3% <br />12A Plastic Film 7.0% 7.7% 6.4% 5.5% <br />12B Retail Bags & Stretch Film 1.6% 1.8% 3.0% 1.5% <br />13A Dairy Plastic Containers 0.8% 0.3% 0.3% 0.6% <br />13B Mixed Plastic Containers 0.9% 0.3% 0.7% 1.4% <br />14 All Other Plastics 3.7% 3.8% 7.6% 6.2% <br />15 Food Waste 20.2% 23.0% 24.9% 16.0% <br />16 Textiles/Leather 16.5% 9.2% 7.4% 15.7% <br />17 Diapers 2.0% 3.0% 1.3% 9.2% <br />18 Other Organics/Rubber 3.5% 0.5% 8.4% 5.7% <br />19 Tin/Steel Cans 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% <br />20 Aerosol Cans 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% <br />21 Other Ferrous 1.3% 0.9% 0.7% 0.7% <br />22 Aluminum Cans 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 2.0% <br />23 Aluminum Foil 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% <br />24 Other Non-Ferrous 0.1% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% <br />25 Glass Bottles and Jars 2.6% 1.3% 1.7% 1.7% <br />26 Other Glass 0.6% 2.5% 0.3% 1.9% <br />27 Wood Pallets 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% <br />28 Wood Lumber 0.1% 5.6% 0.0% 0.0% <br />29 Painted/Treated Wood 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% 1.5% <br />30 Stumps/Branches 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% <br />31 Brick/Concrete/Dirt 4.2% 9.5% 0.0% 2.8% <br />32 Yard Waste 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% <br />33 Lead Acid Batteries 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% <br />34 Dry Cell Batteries 0.5% 0.7% 0.1% 0.2% <br />35 Oil Filters 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% <br />36 Other Hazardous Waste 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% <br />37 Infectious Waste 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% <br />38 Reusable Waste 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% <br />39 Electronic Waste 2.1% 1.3% 0.4% 0.8% <br />40 Aseptic Containers 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% <br /> TOTALS 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 00C54720-9DC0-4A3D-ABED-77E0FD28E0CD