RE: [GreenYes] Landfill Tipping Fees

["Pete Pasterz" <ppasterz@pplant.msu.edu>]

For another perspective on this, see www.zerowasteamerica.org, and click on "Statistics"

>>> <Sharon_Gates@ci.long-beach.ca.us> 04/10/02 01:39PM >>>
According to the California Integrated Waste Management Board (as reported 
on their website 
(http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/LGCentral/Rates/Disposal/Resident.htm), average 
residential disposal in California is 2.4 lbs/day (and has been since 
1996, when it dropped from the 2.5 lbs/day reported for the 2 previous 
years).  Perhaps the rates others are citing include total disposal (i.e., 
residential + commercial) allocated on a per capita basis. 

This is not to say the EPA rate either is or is not reasonable, just food 
for thought.

Sharon Gates
Recycling Specialist
City of Long Beach, California
Phone: 562/570-4694
Fax: 562/570-2861





eric@ecocycle.org (Eric Lombardi)
Sent by: owner-greenyes@grrn.org 
04/10/2002 10:15 AM
Please respond to eric

 
        To:     "'Justin Stockdale'" <jstockdale@co.santa-fe.nm.us>, "'Helen Spiegelman'" 
<hspie@telus.net>
        cc:     "'GreenYes'" <greenyes@grrn.org>
        Subject:        RE: [GreenYes] Landfill Tipping Fees


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
 
-----Original Message-----
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. 
 
 
 
 


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