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Volume-to-Weight Conversion Table (The following Appendix is an excerpt from the EPA document, Business Guide for Reducing Solid Waste; EPA/530-K-92-004; November 1993. Sources follow the table as in the original Appendix.)Appendix D Volume-to-Weight Conversion Table The volume-to-weight conversion table presented on the following pages is a compilation of several sources. Materials converted from volume to weight include paper (high-grade and other), glass, plastic, metals, organics, and other materials (e.g., tires and oil). It is important to note that although the weight (density) figures presented here are useful for determining rough estimates, they will not be as useful when precise measurements are required. Differences in the way a material is handled, processed, or in the amount of moisture present can make substantial differences in the amount a particular material weighs per specified volume. Because of these differences, it will be important to actually sort and weigh materials in your program whenever precise measurements are needed (e.g., recycling contract agreements).
*Density of yard trimmings is highly variable depending on moisture content. Conversion Table Sources Brown University Summer Internship Program, Guide for Preparing Commercial Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling Plans, prepared for Ocean State Cleanup and Recycling (OSCAR), Providence, Rhode Island, 1988. Draft National Recycling Coalition Measurement Standards and Reporting Guidelines presented to NRC membership, October 31, 1989. Fenedick, Al Jr., Kimberly Henderson, and Jay Birgamini, Office Recycling Handbook, Region 5, USEPA and General Services Administration, 1990. Hunt, Robert, Franklin Associates, personal communication, April 18, 1991. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Recycling. Steps in Organizing a Municipal Recycling Program, 1988. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Recycling: A Planning Guide for Communities, Division of Solid Waste, January 1990. Reynolds, John, Business Waste Reduction Audit Handbook, Spokane Regional Council, Spokane, Washington, February 1989. R.W. Beck and Associates, Commercial Waste Reduction Audit Manual, prepared for the City of Seattle Solid Waste Utility Under the Environmental Allowance Program, January 1989. Scheinberg, Anne and Dee Cotherman, Business Recycling Manual, prepared for Westchester County Association, Inc., White Plains, New York, November 1989. Conversion factors are adapted from Information In: “Recycling Is Everybody's Business”, Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority, April 1989 and “Recycling Manual: Oneida and Herkimer Counties Solid Waste Management Project”, William F. Cosulich Associates, 1988. Unit: Solid Waste & Toxics Unit Domenic Calabro E-Mail: calabro.domenic@epamail.epa.gov (206) 553-6640 Phone Number: (206) 553-6640 Last Updated (mm/dd/yy): 10/23/2007 Recycle http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/OWCM.NSF/hide/vol_wght |
