Development and pilot test of an intensive municipal solid waste recycling system for the Town of East Hampton

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:7026239

Commoner, B; Frisch, M; Pitot, H A; Quigley, J; Stege, A; Wallace, D; Webster, T

This report presents the results of a project to design and test a new type of trash disposal system for the Town of East Hampton, Long Island: the Intensive Recycling System. The system is intended to serve as the Town's primary means of regular trash disposal. The Intensive Recycling System is based on separation of regular trash, by households and commercial establishments, into four fractions: (1) food garbage and soiled paper; (2) paper/cardboard; (3) metal cans/glass bottles; (4) non-recyclables. Fraction 1, together with yard waste, is processed at a compost facility, yielding marketable compost. Fractions 2 and 3 are processed by a materials recovery facility (MRF) into marketable products: several grades of paper and cardboard; aluminum cans; tin cans; scrap metal; and color-sorted crushed glass (cullet). The non-recyclable components (fraction 4) and misclassified components rejected during processing are consigned to a landfill. This document is Volume 1 of two volumes. 75 refs., 24 figs., 81 tabs.

• Research Organization: Queens Coll., Flushing, NY (USA). Center for the Biology of Natural Systems
• Sponsoring Organization: NYSERDA
• OSTI ID: 7026239
• Report Number(s): NYSERDA-90-6-Vol.1; ON: TI90013812
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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