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WasteCare Corporation is your source for commercial trash compactors, balers, waste equipment, recycling equipment, industrial shredders and grinders, and other waste related products and services.
Typical Industry Specific Waste / Trash Profiles
By Facility Type & Material Type Percentages
Typical Industry Specific Waste / Trash Profiles (Approx.)
Facility Type |
Cardboard (%) |
Paper |
Plastic |
Organics (%) Food Waste, textiles etc. |
Metal |
Glass (%) |
Other |
Office |
15 |
65 |
6 |
5 | 2 |
2 | 5 |
Industrial |
20 |
35 |
25 |
- | 6 |
- | 14 |
Retail |
40 |
35 |
8 |
- | 1 |
5 | 11 |
| Restaurants | 20 |
10 | 7 | 52 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Transportation |
7 |
55 |
6 |
12 | 4 |
8 | 8 |
Utilities |
15 |
20 |
15 |
- | 5 |
- | 45 |
Communications |
15 |
20 |
15 |
- | 5 |
- | 45 |
Warehouse |
30 |
20 |
20 |
15 | 7 |
- | 18 |
Wholesale |
29 |
19 |
8 |
35 | 7 |
1 | 1 |
| Hospitals | 20 | 30 | 13 | 27 |
3 | 2 | 5 |
| Nursing Homes | 9 | 12 |
14 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Schools & Colleges |
10 |
32 |
9 |
20 | 5 |
2 | 22 |
Institutional - Misc |
10 |
35 |
8 |
25 | 4 |
6 | 2 |
