2001 MATERIAL SPECIFIC RECYCLING RATES IN NEW JERSEY
Materials	(1) Total % of Solid Waste	(6) Total Tons	Total Tons	% of Waste Stream
	Generated (Estimated)	Generated (Calculated)	Recycled (Actual)	Recycled (Calculated)
Yard Waste	10.0%	1,886,539	1,410,731.04	74.8%
Food Waste	7.4%	1,396,039	309,337.79	22.2%
News Paper	4.2%	792,346	394,613.18	49.8%
Corrugated	6.0%	1,131,923	503,464.28	44.5%
Office Paper	2.3%	433,904	184,952.30	42.6%
Other Paper	9.1%	1,716,750	132,636.00	7.7%
Plastic Containers	0.9%	169,789	34,995.56	20.6%
Other Plastic Packages (2)	1.0%		0.00
Other Plastic Scrap	3.8%	716,885	7,766.35	1.1%
Glass Containers	2.5%	471,635	250,839.63	53.2%
Other Glass	0.4%	75,462	8,882.91	11.8%
Aluminum Cans	0.3%	56,596	28,017.13	49.5%
Foils & Closures (2)	0.1%
Other Aluminum Scrap	0.2%	37,731	31,774.40	84.2%
Vehicular Batteries	.055%	10,282	8,729.56	84.9%
Other Non-ferrous Scrap	0.9%	169,789	31,774.40	18.7%
Tin & Bi-Metal Cans	0.5%	94,327	52,190.75	55.3%
White Goods & Sheet Iron	2.4%	452,769	436,364.32	96.4%
Junked Autos	2.04%	384,854	424,302.99	110.3%
Heavy Iron	4.5%	848,943	654,864.47	77.1%
Wood Waste	3.3%	622,558	105,475.66	16.9%
Asphalt, Concrete & Masonry	18.8%	3,546,693	3,411,407.07	96.2%
Tires (3)	.244%	46,032	46,188.30	100.3%
Other Municipal & Vegetative (4)	8.3%	1,565,827	44,958.32	2.9%
Other Bulky & Const/Demo (5)	10.8%	2,037,462	1,708,722.10	83.9%
Total (Actual) (6)	100%	18,865.389	10,222,988.69	54.2%

NOTES:
1. The "Total % of Solid Waste Generated (Estimated)" was updated for this report utilizing 1998 and 1999 percentages from the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Franklin Associates Report Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the United States Update and data from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISR) and the Auto and Metal Recyclers ssociation(AMRA). In some instances these percentages were modified to better reflect New Jersey's waste stream composition.
2. The EPA includes "Other Plastic Packages" and "Foils and Closures" in its report. However, these catagories are not reported (NR) on the New Jersey Recycling Tonnage Grant Report. Therefore, the DEP used the 1998 EPA's percentages for these two catagories.
3. For this report, only the tonnage reported by municipalities and Class B recycling centers are used. The chart does not include tires that are either in temporary storage at homes and elsewhere, or in larger tire piles in the State. "Total Tons Recycled" also does not reflect those tires transported directly out-of-state to market, in large part.
4. "Other Municipal and Vegetative" contains anti freeze, motor oil, household batteries and textiles.
5. "Other Bulky&Const/Demo" contains stumps, oil contaminated soil, process residue and material not listed.
6. The "Total Tons Generated" column is calculated only to the nearest tenth of a percent. Therefore, adding all numbers in this column will not equal the "Total (Actual)", which equals the sum of tons disposed plus tons reported as recycled.
Last Updated on 8/21/2002
By DEP/DSHW