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Current Solid Waste Collection System Page 1 of 4 <br />nESOURCE RECOVERY PROJECT <br />RHMSEY WASHINGTON COUNTY <br />RAMSEYIWASHINGTON COUNTY <br />1670 Beam Avenue, Suite A <br />Maplewood, Minnesota 55109 -1176 <br />Phone: 651.773.4494 <br />Fax: 651.773.4496 <br />Fact Sheet <br />What is the Current Solid Waste Collection <br />System? <br />What is solid waste? <br />We all discard solid waste from our homes and places of work. Some typical types of waste <br />include: <br />frash (garbage) <br />Recyclables (such as newspapers, cardboard, cans and bottles) <br />0 Yard waste (leaves, grass clippings, weeds) <br />0 Brush/branches <br />Household hazardous waste (such as paint and pesticides) <br />Bulky waste (such as old couches and other large furniture) <br />Construction and demolition waste <br />How much do we produce? <br />A ton per person per year! Actually 560,000 tons of trash during 2000: <br />3 This amount of trash would cover over 370 professional soccer fields 3 feet deep! <br />la About half the trash was produced by residents, and the other half by businesses <br />As well as: <br />0 389,000 tons of recyclables during 2000 - About three- fourths of this amount was produced by <br />businesses, and a quarter by residents <br />0 65,000 tons of leaves and grass that were composted <br />And large quantities of other wastes such as construction and demolition wastes and bulky <br />wastes <br />ttp: / /www.co.ramsey.mn.us/ recovery /fact_sheet_Current_Solid Waste_Coll_Sys.htm 1/18/02 <br />