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Table 1 <br />C&D Waste Composition <br />Year of Sort ].990 1995 1996 2000 Avera e <br /> SCS SCS Staff Staff of av 's <br /> <br />INERTS 45.1 38.2 46.1 41.1 42.6 <br />Rack 1.6 15.7 n/a n/a <br />Dirt/ Stum s 6.1 10.5 10.7 20.7 <br />Concrete/ Brick/ Block 0.8 7.3 34.7 11.4 <br />As halt/ Shin les* 20.7 4.7 12.8 9.0 <br />Other Inert 15.9 n/a n/a n/a <br /> <br />WOOD 29.8 42.2 22.7 29.0 30.9 <br />Solid, Unpainted, <br />Untreated Lumber 15.3 22.4 13.6 12.4 <br />En ~neered Wood in lumber in lumber in lumber 8.8 <br />Painted/ Treated 10.$ 11.1 6.4 5.0 <br />Yard Waste 0.5 8.3 0.5 cl <br />Pallets 3.2 0.4 2.2 2.8 <br /> <br />METAL 1.9 0.2 5.4 2.1 2.4 <br /> <br />DRYWALL 1$.1 8.1 8.4 6.2 10.2 <br /> <br />OTHER 5.1 11.3 17.4 21.5 13.8 <br />Furniture n/a n/a n/a 3.3 <br />C et 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 />Pa er 1.0 0.4 0.8 n/a <br />Miscellaneous n/a 3.9 4.1 13.2 <br />* shingles estimated at io% 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 re lated re clable 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 />