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VERMONT
2002 Recycling Data

Contact for state recycling data:
Julie Hackbarth
VT Agency of Natural Resources
Tel: 802-241-3446

How does Vermont collect the data?

VERMONT SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING TONNAGE, 2002
Material Sector Note
Commercial Residential Total
RECYCLABLES
FIBERS
Corrugated        
Newspaper        
Magazine        
Newspaper + Corrugated        
Newspaper + Magazines        
Mixed Paper        
Office Paper        
Other Paper        
Commingled Fibers        
Total Fibers     81,053  
CONTAINERS
Tin (Steel ) Cans        
Aluminum Containers        
Mixed Tin + Al Containers        
PET Containers        
HDPE Containers        
Commingled Plastic Cntnrs        
Glass Cntnrs, All Colors        
Commingled Containers        
Bottle Bill Containers        
Total Containers        
ORGANICS
Leaf and Yard        
Brush, Tree Parts, Stumps        
Wood        
Food Waste        
Unclassified Organics        
Total Organics     31,749  
METALS
White Goods        
Other Ferrous        
Nonferrous        
Unclassified Scrap Metal        
Total Metals     35,240  
OTHER RECYCLABLES
Construction & Demolition        
Wood        
Commingled Recyclables     31,928  
Other Plastics        
Other Glass        
Textiles        
Batteries        
Electronics        
Automotive Fluids        
Tires        
Other Recyclables     4,179  
Total Other Recyclables     36,107  
BENEFICIAL REUSE, PROCESS WASTES, & OTHER
Asphalt, Masonry, Concrete        
Junked Automobiles        
Process Residues        
Miscellaneous Recycled Materials        
TOTAL, ALL MATERIALS REPORTED RECYCLED     184,149  
SOLID WASTE DISPOSED
MSW Landfilled In State     301,971  
MSW Incinerated In State        
Total MSW Disposed In State     301,971  
MSW Exported     126,159  
Total MSW Generated & Disposed     428,130  
C&D, Disposed In State plus Exported     71,934  
Total MSW plus C&D Disposed     500,064  
Miscellaneous Non-MSW Disposed     10,550  
MSW Imported        

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