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Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Heat Content and Biogenic/Non-Biogenic Shares

Table 1.    xls   pdf   format Table 1. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Heat Content and Biogenic/Non-Biogenic Shares, 1989-2005 Year Heat Content Shares of Total MSW Energy (Million Btu/Ton) Biogenic Non-Biogenic 1989 10.08 0.67 0.33 1990 10.21 0.66 0.34 1991 10.4 0.65 0.35 1992 10.61 0.64 0.36 1993 10.94 0.64 0.36 1994 11.15 0.63 0.37 1995 11.11 0.62 0.38 1996 10.94 0.61 0.39 1997 11.17 0.6 0.4 1998 11.06 0.6 0.4 1999 10.95 0.6 0.4 2000 11.33 0.58 0.42 2001 11.21 0.57 0.43 2002 11.19 0.56 0.44 2003 11.17 0.55 0.45 2004 11.45 0.55 0.45 2005 11.73 0.56 0.44   Note: Years in bold are EPA data collection years.  Non-bolded years have been linearly interpolated at the materials group level between immediately surrounding bolded years.   Sources: Heat Content (Million Btu/ton) is derived from Environmental Protection Agency, Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2005 Facts and Figures, Table 4. http://www.epa.gov/msw/msw99.htmBiogenic and non-biogenic percentages are EIA estimates.