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Industry Standards – Waste
Generated by Industry / Building Type (Approximate) |
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Building Type
(Alphabetical) |
Pounds Per Day |
Typical (Noteworthy)
Recyclables |
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Apartments |
2.5 lbs/person
– 4 lbs/bedroom – 8 lbs / unit |
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Cafeterias |
1 lb per meal
served |
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Department
Stores / Retail |
90 lbs waste
per $1,000 of sales |
75 lbs
corrugated per $1,000 of sales |
|
Discount Stores |
70 lbs waste
per $1,000 of sales |
60 lbs
corrugated per $1,000 of sales |
|
Fast Food |
200 lbs per
$1,000 of sales |
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Hospitals /
Medical Centers |
16 lbs per
occupied bed |
|
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Hotels– First
Class |
3.2 lbs per
room + 2 lbs per meal served |
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Hotels -
Economy |
1.7 lbs per
room + 1.2 lbs per meal served |
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Motels |
2 lbs per room |
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Manufacturing |
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100 – 399
employees |
3 lbs per
person |
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400 –
1,000
employees |
7 lbs per
person |
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Nursing /
Retirement Homes |
5 lbs per
person |
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Office |
1 lb per 100
square feet |
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Restaurants |
1.5 lbs per
meal served |
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Schools |
1 lb per
person with cafeteria (.5 without) |
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Shopping
Centers / Malls |
2.5 lbs per
square feet |
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Supermarkets |
165 lbs per
$1,000 of sales |
100 lbs
corrugated per $1,000 of sales |
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Warehouse |
1 lb per 100
square feet |
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Source: National
Solid Waste Management Association |
