Material
|
Volume
|
Weight in lbs.
|
Weight in tons
|
|
Newsprint
loose
compact |
12 inch stack
60 gallon
90 gallon
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard |
35
170
300
360 to 800
720 to 1,000 |
0.0175
0.085
0.15
0.18 to 0.4
0.36 to0.5 |
|
Corrugated
loose
baled |
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard |
300
1,000 to 1,200 |
0.15
0.5 to 0.6 |
|
Glass
uncrushed
semicrushed
crushed |
1 grocery bag
60 gallon
90 gallon
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard |
16
100
275
600 to 1,000
1,000 to 1,800
800 to 2,700 |
0.008
0.05
0.1375
0.3 to 0.5
0.5 to 0.9
0.4 to 1.35 |
|
Aluminum
unflattened
flattened |
1 grocery bag
60 gallon
90 gallon
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard |
1.5
20
30
50 to 74
250 |
.00075
0.01
0.015
0.025 to 0.037
0.125 |
|
Ferrous
unflattened
flattened |
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard |
150
850 |
0.075
0.425 |
|
Plastic
unflattened
|
60 gallon
90 gallon
1 cubic yard |
10
15
24 to 49 |
0.005
0.0075
0.012 to 0.02 |
|
Yard Waste
uncompacted
compacted
wood chips
grass |
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard |
250 to 450
320 to 500
500
400 to 1,500 |
0.125
0.16 to 0.25
0.25
0.2 to 0.75 |
|
Food Waste |
55 gallon |
412 |
0.206 |
