RE: [GreenYes] Landfill Tipping Fees

["Michele Raymond" <michele@raymond.com>]

Better check with Franklin Assoc!!

At 09:02 AM 4/10/02 -0700, 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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