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Metals Metals represent about 2.5% of the waste stream on average. We assume a maximum of 90% of that could be captured. We are now capturing an estimated 40% or 30 tons per month. The markets are long -term and stable although prices vary widely, beginning at $30 per ton last year down to $10 per ton now. All other C &D materials The remaining materials including carpet, insulation, plastics, treated and painted wood and other unrecoverable materials make up an average 11% of the waste stream. While there are some emerging markets for certain types of carpeting and other specialty materials, these are a very small amount of our waste and must be thoroughly separated to have any market value at all. B. Waste Tonnage Projections Below in Table lb, we present six years of data from separated landfilling of construction and demolition waste from mixed waste. Prior to 1993, we combined C &D waste with mixed solid waste, separating out only the inert debris, yard waste and stumps. Generally C &D has averaged about one -third of the overall waste stream, excluding coal ash. It is difficult to predict the flow of construction and demolition waste in Orange County. We have presented a truncated table of possible future C &D generation based on a report submitted previously to the Owners Group by Joyce Engineering as part of our C &D landfill search. Their tonnages to be landfilled already assume a diversion rate of 10 %. A review of the fluctuation in C &D waste landfilled in Table 1 b shows no correlation with the population growth in Orange County. There is also no correlation with implementation of construction and demolition waste reduction efforts except that, in general, C &D landfilled per capita is below the baseline 1991 -92, for each year of record in which C &D was landfilled separately from mixed solid waste. rI