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Chapter 1 Status of C &D Management in Orange County <br />A. Waste Characterization <br />Since 1990, we have conducted three waste characterizations of construction and demolition <br />waste delivered to Orange Regional Landfill. In 1990 and 1995, the characterizations were <br />conducted as part of the waste study conducted. on contract with SCS Engineers. They <br />physically sampled the weights of C &D waste along with mixed solid waste during the first <br />three seasonal sorts in 1989 -1990; the fourth was a visual sort. In 1995 all sorting was visual and <br />volumes were converted to weights. In 1996, the staff conducted a visual waste sort for one <br />week of all loads entering the C &D area of the landfill. The data from those sorts are <br />summarized in the table on next page. <br />The percentages in each category of material refer to percentage by weight. Shaded categories <br />are those with near -term or immediate recycling potential. <br />The remander of this page is intentionally left blank. <br />