1995 New Jersey Material Specific Recycling Rates

  * Total % of Generated Total Tonnage % of Waste
MATERIALS Waste Stream Tons Recycled Stream Recycled
         
Yard Waste 11.06% 1,852,574 1,286,871 69.46%
Food Waste 4.87% 815,735 287,039 35.19%
Newspaper 5.13% 859,286 525,833 61.19%
Corrugated 7.48% 1,252,916 700,227 55.89%
Office Paper 2.56% 428,805 239,567 55.87%
Other Paper 9.54% 1,597,970 140,297 8.78%
Plastic Containers 1.02% 170,852 33,750 19.75%
Other Plastic Pkgs 1.07% 179,227 0 0.00%
Other Plastic Scrap 3.71% 621,433 9,813 1.58%
Glass Containers 2.62% 438,856 322,154 73.41%
Other Glass 0.57% 95,476 9,229 9.67%
Aluminum Cans 0.31% 51,926 39,577 76.22%
Foils & Closures 0.16% 26,800 0 0.00%
Other Aluminum Scrap 0.87% 145,727 58,100 39.87%
Vehicular Batteries 0.93% 155,777 10,347 6.64%
Other Non-ferrous Scrap 0.32% 53,601 21,489 40.09%
Tin & Bi-Metal Cans 0.93% 155,777 60,062 38.56%
White Goods & Sheet Iron ** 1.48% 247,903 268,686 100.00%
Junked Autos ** 2.12% 355,105 352,498 99.27%
Heavy Iron ** 4.89% 819,085 1,013,924 100.00%
Wood Waste 7.53% 1,261,291 370,973 29.41%
Asphalt, Concrete & Masonry ** 16.67% 2,792,261 3,301,176 100.00%
Tires 0.95% 159,127 41,448 26.05%
Other Municipal & Vegetative 4.52% 757,110 63,566 8.40%
Other Bulky & Construct/Demo 8.69% 1,455,594 946,471 65.02%
         
Totals 100.00% 16,750,213 10,103,095 60.32%

* Waste stream composition analysis performed in 1990. Subsequent changes to the waste stream (primarily as a result of increases in reported recycling tonnages) have not been taken into account which have affected the "Generated 'Tons" and "% of Waste Stream Recycled" numbers for specific materials listed , though not for the "Totals" at the bottom of the table. The waste composition study will be revised for future years to account for this anomaly.

** Note: For the materials White Goods & Sheet Iron, Junked Autos, Heavy Iron and Asphalt, Concrete & Masonry, it is assumed that nearly the entire waste stream is recycled.