1997 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 22 6 378 1,150 74 0 0 0 1,630
BERGEN 389 96 2,288 112 899 2 0 25 3,810
BURLINGTON 16 162 654 1,666 75 33 0 1 2,608
CAMDEN 203 103 1,375 17 415 4 0 5 2,122
CAPE MAY 68 6 14 525 22 0 4 0 640
CUMBERLAND 21 6 119 25 71 0 0 0 242
ESSEX 439 90 2,059 94 455 250 99 4 3,490
GLOUCESTER 7 8 93 19 33 0 0 63 223
HUDSON 51 35 613 23 1,206 0 0 1 1,929
HUNTERDON 7 1 87 1 19 0 0 0 116
MERCER 413 123 253 12 240 27 0 0 1,069
MIDDLESEX 144 118 799 27 228 12 0 3 1,331
MONMOUTH 235 110 990 3,517 205 0 0 0 5,057
MORRIS 67 134 1,176 12 142 5 0 0 1,536
OCEAN 49 227 370 13 111 0 0 1 772
PASSAIC 32 33 742 60 138 0 0 0 1,006
SALEM 16 27 79 2 11 0 0 0 136
SOMERSET 197 5 463 1,141 441 7 0 2 2,257
SUSSEX 7 3 108 2 18 0 0 3 141
UNION 514 24 986 73 402 29 1 14 2,042
WARREN 3 6 69 6 35 0 0 0 118
Total  2,901 1,322 13,716 8,500 5,240 369 105 124 32,277
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 84% of registered RMW generators for 1997.