Component of waste Percent Weight Typical Moisture Typical Volume

(b) by Mass (kg) Moisture Content as-discrded (m3)

(% by (kg) densitya
weight)a (kg/m3)
Food waste 15 15 70 7 290 0.05
Paper 45 45 6 2.7 85 0.53
Cardboard 5 5 5 0.25 50 0.10
Plastic 5 5 2 0.1 65 0.077
Garden trimming 10 10 60 6 105 0.10
wood 5 5 20 1.0 240 0.02
Inerts 15 15 8 1.2 480 0.03
Total 100 100 18.25 0.91