1998 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 21 13 650 211 52 0 0 0 948
BERGEN 282 1,292 1,155 37 788 1 0 29 3,583
BURLINGTON 67 144 1,133 29 66 11 0 2 1,451
CAMDEN 213 157 1,162 28 122 2 0 4 1,687
CAPE MAY 84 12 14 526 18 0 0 0 655
CUMBERLAND 5 6 136 20 29 0 0 0 196
ESSEX 291 189 1,883 92 320 178 0 0 2,954
GLOUCESTER 4 14 125 12 34 0 0 109 298
HUDSON 63 41 787 1,744 108 0 0 0 2,743
HUNTERDON 19 877 87 1 25 0 0 0 1,010
MERCER 396 2,264 245 13 228 32 0 1 3,181
MIDDLESEX 170 124 985 7,793 239 5 0 3 9,319
MONMOUTH 230 143 745 2,727 236 0 0 0 4,082
MORRIS 43 1,367 1,604 13 161 6 0 0 3,194
OCEAN 76 178 335 14 145 0 1 1 751
PASSAIC 41 26 669 1,634 125 2 0 0 2,498
SALEM 15 36 583 2 11 0 0 0 646
SOMERSET 188 9 467 1,649 293 11 0 5 2,622
SUSSEX 5 5 133 2 19 0 0 21 186
UNION 273 28 917 83 202 438 0 5 1,946
WARREN 5 5 88 4 33 0 0 0 135
  2,493 6,932 13,904 16,635 3,254 686 2 179 44,083
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 PRESENTED REPRESENTS 83% OF REGISTERED GENERATORS THAT REPORTED FOR 1998
Last Updated on 9/11/00
By NJDEP