Reported Values

  • Individual categories recycling

  • Total landfill

Key variables used as constants taken from 2015 (and 2021 GRTE) Waste Characterization Study(ies) (WCS)

  • % Composition of Landfill

Calculated Values

  • Total recycling: sum of all reported individual categories recycling

  • Individual categories landfill values: % Composition of Landfill * Total Landfill

  • Individual Categories Combined Recycling and Landfill: sum of individual categories recycling and landfill values

  • Total Combined Recycling and Landfill: sum of Individual Categories Combined Recycling and Landfill

  • Individual Categories % Composition of Combined Recycling and Landfill: Individual Categories Combined Recycling and Landfill / Total Combined Recycling and Landfill

  • Diversion rate= recycling/total of waste and recycling

Explanation of Targeted+ Categories

The Targeted+ Categories are 9[1] of the 26 individual categories[2](for YOSE Targeted+ is 8 of the 25 individual categories[3]) used in the full evaluation[4] of the Waste and Diversion Data. The category referred to later in this analysis Total of All Categories is the aggregate of all 26 individual categories. Similarly, the category Total of Targeted+ Categories is the aggregate of the 9 Targeted+ Categories.

[1] List of the Targeted+ Categories- Targeted Categories set by the WCS: Corrected Cardboard; Mixed Recyclable Paper; Recyclable #1 & #2 Plastic Bottles; Recyclable Glass Bottles & Jars; Aluminum Cans, Trays & Foil; Steel Cans; Portable Propane Cylinders; All Other Metal. Other Category added to the this analysis Food Waste.

[2] Full list of all individual categories used in the full evaluation: Corrugated Cardboard; Aseptic and Gable-top Containers; Mixed Recyclable Paper; Waxy Coated Paper; Compostable Paper; Non-Recyclable Paper; Recyclable #1 & #2 Plastic Bottles; Rigid Containers #1-7 (non-bottle); Expanded Polystyrene (Styrofoam); Compostable Plastics; Plastic Film; Remainder/Composite Plastics; Recyclable Glass Bottles & Jars; Non-Recyclable Glass; Aluminum Cans, Trays & Foil; Steel Cans; Portable Propane Cylinders; Bear Spray Canisters; All Other Metal; Food Waste; Textiles; Unused Toiletries; Remainder Organics; Organic Materials; Hazardous/Universal Waste; Other Wastes.

[3] For YOSE the categories Aluminum Cans, Trays & Foil and Steel Cans were combined.

[4] Waste and Recycling Data 5.3 without (yard waste, manure, and weed and grass).xlsx