| Material Specific | Total % of | 1996 | 1996 Total | 1996 % of Waste |
| Waste Types | Solid Waste | Generated | Tonnage | Stream |
| Generated * | Tons | Recycled | Recycled | |
| Yard Waste | 11.06% | 1,869,172 | 1,493,128 | 79.88% |
| Food Waste | 4.87% | 823,044 | 90,403 | 10.98% |
| News Paper | 5.13% | 866,985 | 476,963 | 55.01% |
| Corrugated | 7.48% | 1,264,142 | 739,362 | 58.49% |
| Office Paper | 2.56% | 432,647 | 162,264 | 37.50% |
| Other Paper | 9.54% | 1,612,287 | 112,909 | 7.00% |
| Plastic Containers | 1.02% | 172,383 | 29,284 | 16.99% |
| Other Plastic Pkgs | 1.07% | 180,833 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other Plastic Scrap | 3.71% | 627,001 | 10,580 | 1.69% |
| Glass Containers | 2.62% | 442,788 | 259,063 | 58.51% |
| Other Glass | 0.57% | 96,332 | 25,221 | 26.18% |
| Aluminum Cans | 0.31% | 52,391 | 28,743 | 54.86% |
| Foils & Closures | 0.16% | 27,040 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other Aluminum Scrap | 0.87% | 147,033 | 35,017 | 23.82% |
| Vehicular Batteries | 0.93% | 157,173 | 14,073 | 8.95% |
| Other Non-ferrous Scrap | 0.32% | 54,081 | 20,373 | 37.67% |
| Tin & Bi-Metal Cans | 0.93% | 157,173 | 45,620 | 29.03% |
| White Goods & Sheet Iron | 1.48% | 250,124 | 247,080 | 98.78% |
| Junked Autos | 2.12% | 358,286 | 323,524 | 90.30% |
| Heavy Iron | 4.89% | 826,424 | 601,561 | 72.79% |
| Wood Waste | 7.53% | 1,272,592 | 595,378 | 46.78% |
| Asphalt, Concrete & Masonry ** | 16.67% | 2,817,278 | 4,216,740 | 100.00% |
| Tires | 0.95% | 160,553 | 32,614 | 20.31% |
| Other Municipal & Vegetative | 4.52% | 763,893 | 40,032 | 5.24% |
| Other Bulky & Const/Demo | 8.69% | 1,468,635 | 636,215 | 43.32% |
| TOTALS | 100.00% | 16,900,288 | 10,236,149 | 60.57% |
| *
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 "Total
Tons of Solid Waste Generated" and "Percentage of Solid Waste Material Recycled"
numbers for specific materials listed, though not for the "Totals" at the
bottom of the table. ** For the materials and Asphalt, Concrete & Masonry, it is assumed that nearly the entire waste stream generated is recycled. |
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Last Updated on 7/8/98 By NJDEP/DSHW