Forty-two commercially collected dumpsters from Dentons Municipal Solid Waste Stream were emptied, sorted and weighed to characterize the material types and make preliminary recycling policy recommendations. The general composition of Dentons solid waste stream was not significantly different from the composition of the nations solid waste stream. Fifty-eight percent of the observed waste stream was recyclable. Paper made up the largest portion of recyclable materials and the "grocery" source category had more paper than any of the other five categories. Based on these findings, an incrementally aggressive approach is recommended to reduce certain types of wastes observed in the waste stream. This would include a Pay-As-You-Throw Program followed by an Intermediate Processing Center that can be converted to a Materials Recovery Facility.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2584 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Brady, Patricia D. |
| Contributors | Hudak, Paul F., Dickson, Kenneth L., Ji, Minhe |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton |
| Rights | Use restricted to UNT Community, Copyright, Brady, Patricia D., Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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