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- 42 - <br /> <br /> Table 4 <br />COMPOSITION OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE <br /> AND RELATIVE AMOUNTS RECYCLED, 1980 <br /> (Percent by Weight) <br /> Percent of <br /> Percent of Gross Discards <br /> Net Waste Currently <br /> Stream* Recycled** <br /> <br />Combustibles <br /> <br />Ail Paper 33.0 <br />Newspaper 6.0 <br />Books, Magazines 3.0 <br />Office Paper 4.0 <br />Corrugated 9.0 <br />Other 11.0 <br />Plastics 3.7 <br />Rubber 1.9 <br />Leather 0.7 <br />Textiles 1.4 <br />Wood 3.6 <br />Food Wastes 16.6 <br />Residential Commercial 13.8 <br />Manufacturing 2.8 <br />Yard Wastes 18.5 <br /> <br />11.2 <br /> <br />0.0 <br />0.1 <br />0.0 <br />0.0 <br />0.1 <br />0.0 <br /> <br />0.2 <br /> <br />1.7 <br />0.2 <br />0.7 <br />7.4 <br />1.2 <br /> <br />0.0 <br />0.0 <br /> <br />Combustibles Subtotal <br /> <br />79.4 11.6 <br /> <br />Noncombustibles <br /> All Metals 9.3 2.2 <br /> Ferrous Appliances 4.0 1.9 <br /> Ferrous Cans 4.2 0.1 <br /> Aluminum Scrap 0.3 0.1 <br /> Aluminum Cans 0.4 0.1 <br /> Other Nonferrous 0.4 0.1 <br /> Glass 9.9 0.2 <br /> Misc. inor~anics 1.4 0.0 <br /> <br />Noncombustibles Subtotal <br /> <br />20.6 2.4 <br /> <br />TOTAL 100.0 14.0 <br /> <br /> * Waste stream as disposed after material recycling. <br />** Gross discards includes total materials generated <br /> disposal. <br /> <br />before recycling or <br /> <br />Source: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Third Report to Congress, <br /> 1975; Fred C. Hart Associates, 1980; Metropolitan Council <br /> <br /> <br />