Hi all,
We don’t have very good data
collection in Colorado, but every time someone tries to figure the wasting rates along
the Front Range (where everyone lives) the per capita rates are always up much
higher than the EPA 4.4 lb rate … how confident are we with the EPA rate?
Eric
Eric Lombardi
Executive Director
EcoCycle, Inc
Boulder, CO
www.ecocycle.org
303-444-6634
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From: owner-greenyes@grrn.org
[mailto:owner-greenyes@grrn.org] On Behalf Of
Justin Stockdale
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002
10:35 AM
To: Helen Spiegelman
Cc: GreenYes
Subject: Re: [GreenYes] Landfill
Tipping Fees
I can't give any clues to what is happening in VA, but
it is good to know, or at least suspect that New Mexico is not the only state
posting numbers over 8 pounds per person per day.
Justin Stockdale
Helen Spiegelman wrote:
At 11:27 AM 04/10/2002 -0400, Terri quoted:
21,796,507 tons of solid waste
were received at Virginia's permitted solid waste management facilities
during calendar year 2000. Of this
total, 17,324,961 tons originated in the
Commonwealth,
VA's population in 2000 was 7,078,515, working out to
a waste generation rate of 2.45 tons per capita, or 13.4 pounds per day.
According to the report 2/3 of this was MSW, amounting to 8.85 pounds per day.
Compare this to the national average percapita generation of municipal solid
waste in 1997 reported by EPA (Characterization update) of 4.44 pounds per
person per day. Please check my numbers. If they're right, does anyone have any
ideas about this?
Helen.