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NEW YORK
2002 Recycling Data

Contact for state recycling data:
Jeff Schmitt, Chief
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
Tel: (518) 401-8651

How does New York collect the data?

NEW YORK SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING TONNAGE, 2002
Material Sector Note
Commercial Residential Total
RECYCLABLES
FIBERS
Corrugated     401,945  
Newspaper     454,902  
Magazine     19,994  
Newspaper + Corrugated        
Newspaper + Magazines        
Mixed Paper     670,455  
Office Paper        
Other Paper     1,325  
Commingled Fibers        
Total Fibers     1,548,621  
CONTAINERS
Tin (Steel ) Cans        
Aluminum Containers     143,049  
Mixed Tin + Al Containers        
PET Containers     93,545  
HDPE Containers     12,719  
Commingled Plastic Cntnrs     111,877  
Glass Cntnrs, All Colors     314,817  
Commingled Containers        
Bottle Bill Containers        
Total Containers     676,007  
ORGANICS
Leaf and Yard     943,088  
Brush, Tree Parts, Stumps        
Wood        
Food Waste        
Unclassified Organics        
Total Organics     943,088  
METALS
White Goods        
Other Ferrous        
Nonferrous        
Unclassified Scrap Metal     920,176  
Total Metals     920,176  
OTHER RECYCLABLES
Construction & Demolition     9,219,168  
Wood        
Commingled Recyclables        
Other Plastics        
Other Glass        
Textiles        
Batteries        
Electronics        
Automotive Fluids        
Tires        
Other Recyclables     1,773,130  
Total Other Recyclables     10,992,298  
BENEFICIAL REUSE, PROCESS WASTES, & OTHER
Asphalt, Masonry, Concrete        
Junked Automobiles        
Process Residues        
Miscellaneous Recycled Materials        
TOTAL, ALL MATERIALS REPORTED RECYCLED     15,080,190  
SOLID WASTE DISPOSED
MSW Landfilled In State     7,392,310  
MSW Incinerated In State     3,683,844  
Total MSW Disposed In State     11,076,154  
MSW Exported     5,665,000  
Total MSW Generated & Disposed     11,642,654  
C&D, Disposed In State plus Exported     1,429,780  
Total MSW plus C&D Disposed     13,072,434  
Miscellaneous Non-MSW Disposed        
MSW Imported     838,000  

 

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