2001 Regulated Medical Waste (RMW)
Generated by Waste Class *

COUNTY CLASS 1 CLASS 2 CLASS 3 CLASS 3S CLASS 4 CLASS 5 CLASS 6 CLASS 7 TOTAL
                  TONS
ATLANTIC 18.15 86.99 561.33 771.98 120.75 0.00 0.00 0.07 1,559.26
BERGEN 362.09 53.24 1,342.31 2,619.12 1,170.98 2.85 0.00 23.99 5,574.59
BURLINGTON 30.12 131.23 528.11 7.87 92.48 5.62 0.00 0.12 795.55
CAMDEN 168.57 261.30 1,112.96 11.34 142.71 1.94 0.10 0.57 1,699.49
CAPE MAY 75.80 6.98 20.20 673.64 20.04 0.00 0.00 0.03 796.70
CUMBERLAND 336.52 2,038.15 1,558.34 1,822.09 143.31 0.00 0.00 0.18 5,898.58
ESSEX 148.32 207.52 1,452.61 3,838.87 318.57 15.22 13.63 15.06 6,009.79
GLOUCESTER 0.55 2.86 152.00 9.98 68.75 0.00 0.00 0.01 234.15
HUDSON 75.46 53.40 795.77 7,559.65 249.49 0.67 0.02 0.03 8,734.49
HUNTERDON 11.65 0.92 75.22 1,091.28 32.50 0.00 0.03 0.13 1,211.72
MERCER 228.73 66.87 435.54 7,772.74 132.55 26.60 0.03 0.44 8,663.48
MIDDLESEX 180.14 2,176.35 1,095.81 8,757.89 277.69 18.89 0.06 15.03 12,521.86
MONMOUTH 22.58 162.09 910.16 6,946.23 247.81 0.03 0.05 0.14 8,289.09
MORRIS 99.72 72.25 822.20 4,066.86 206.71 5.10 0.00 0.05 5,272.89
OCEAN 73.02 130.60 326.60 22.25 184.78 0.21 0.00 0.43 737.89
PASSAIC 27.39 2,848.26 637.42 11.63 124.84 0.03 0.00 0.29 3,649.85
SALEM 5.45 0.14 62.61 1.05 7.36 0.00 0.00 0.00 76.61
SOMERSET 201.57 45.55 495.29 2,052.03 371.99 16.90 0.00 5.23 3,188.57
SUSSEX 4.76 5.91 110.82 1.98 20.49 0.00 0.00 19.39 163.34
UNION 751.36 178.37 501.21 85.14 363.85 46.62 0.08 33.92 1,960.55
WARREN 3.22 4.94 60.39 181.70 32.16 0.03 0.00 0.00 282.43
  2,825.15 8,533.91 13,056.87 48,305.33 4,329.79 140.70 14.01 115.11 77,320.88
CLASS 1 - CULTURES STOCKS CLASS 4 - NEEDLES, SYRINGES, SHARPS
CLASS 2 - PATHOLOGICAL WASTES CLASS 5 - ANIMAL WASTE
CLASS 3 - HUMAN BLOOD CLASS 6 - ISOLATION WASTES
CLASS 3S- HUMAN BLOOD
DISPOSED VIA SEWER
CLASS 7 - UNUSED SHARPES

* Data represents 80% of registered generators that reported for 2001

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Last Updated on 4/29/2002