For example, if a container appears to be little over half full it is estimated to be
55 % full and if it contains mostly mixed office paper, few aluminum cans and little bit of
food scrap, it is estimated that the container has 70% mixed office paper, 20% aluminum
cans and remaining 10% food scrap which goes into others column in the table. From the
dimensions of the container, volume of the container can be calculated
Formula for calculating the composition of X in a container, assuming X to be one of the
waste components is
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where,
Vx = Total Volume of X in the Container
Vc = Total Volume of the Container
Fc = How full the Container in Percentage
Xc = What percent is X of all the MSW
The volume of each component in each container is calculated and added respectively to
obtain the overall volume of waste in terms of its components.
3.3.2 Volume to Weight Conversion
All the waste is estimated in cubic yards and then converted into respective
weights based on the density of materials. List of materials and their volume to
conversion is provided in the table below.