| MATERIALS | TOTAL % OF SOLID WASTE GENERATED (Estimated) |
1999 TOTAL TONS OF SOLID WASTE GENERATED (Estimated) |
1999 TOTAL TONS RECYCLED (Actual) |
% OF SOLID WASTE MATERIAL RECYCLED (Calculated) |
| Yard Waste | 10.0% | 1,709,586 | 1,300,213 | 76.1% |
| Food Waste | 7.4% | 1,271,467 | 304,680 | 24.0% |
| Newspaper | 4.2% | 726,719 | 428,975 | 59.0% |
| Corrugated | 6.0% | 1,029,188 | 562,310 | 54.6% |
| Office Paper | 2.3% | 396,598 | 210,197 | 53.0% |
| Other Paper | 9.1% | 1,566,977 | 135,501 | 8.6% |
| Plastic Containers | 0.9% | 151,200 | 36,601 | 24.2% |
| Other Plastic Packages** | 1.0% | 163,227 | NR | NR |
| Other Plastic Scraps | 3.8% | 651,189 | 9,295 | 1.4% |
| Glass Containers | 2.5% | 426,728 | 268,839 | 63.0% |
| Other Glass | 0.4% | 75,600 | 15,272 | 20.2% |
| Aluminum Cans | 0.3% | 58,418 | 35,832 | 61.3% |
| Foils & Closures** | 0.1% | 24,054 | NR | NR |
| Other Aluminum Scrap | 0.2% | 36,082 | 21,780 | 60.4% |
| Vehicular Batteries | <0.1% | 5,796 | 5,408 | 93.3% |
| Other Non-Ferrous Scrap | 0.9% | 146,045 | 21,780 | 14.9% |
| Tin & Bi-Metal Cans | 0.5% | 87,627 | 50,389 | 57.5% |
| White Goods and Sheet Iron | 2.4% | 417,517 | 335,625 | 80.4% |
| Junked Autos | 1.5% | 261,019 | 261,019 | 100.0% |
| Heavy Iron | 4.5% | 764,589 |
449,223 | 58.8% |
| Wood Waste | 3.3% | 568,716 | 157,705 | 27.7% |
| Asphalt, Concrete, & Masonry | 22.8% | 3,917,443 | 3,912,701 | 99.9% |
| Tires*** | 0.3% | 56,700 | 55,774 | 98.4% |
| Other Municipal & Vegetative | 6.7% | 1,142,588 | 50,235 | 4.4% |
| Other Bulky & Construction/ Demolition | 8.9% | 1,527,459 |
893,986 | 58.5% |
| TOTAL | 100.0% |
17,181,767 |
9,523,340 | 55.4% |
| * The "Total % of Solid Waste Generated" 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 (ISRI) and the Auto and Metal Recyclers Associations (AMRA). These percentages were modified to reflect New Jersey's waste stream composition. |
| ** The EPA includes "Other Plastic Packaging" and "Foils and Closures" in its report. However, these categories are not reported (NR) on the New Jersey Recycling Tonnage Grant Report. Therefore, the DEP used the 1998 EPA's percentages for these two categories. |
| ***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. |
Last Updated on 08/27/2001
By NJDEP/DSHW