What is Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)? June 14, 2016 Definition Municipal Solid Waste, also called garbage or trash, is nonhazardous disposable materials generated by households, institutions, industries, agriculture, and sewage. It is made up of waste, organics, and recyclable materials, with the municipality overseeing its disposal. Typically, municipal solid waste is collected, sperate and sent to either a landfill or municipal recycling center for processing. Want to Know More? As society has changed, the composition of MSW has transformed. In the past, waste from the…

What is a Hauler? June 14, 2016 A Hauler is a person or company who moves refuse for appropriate disposal. Typically, recyclable material or waste are collected from curbsides by hydraulic trucks, who then deliver these materials to a landfill or municipal recycling facility. In the case of waste, cans and bags of the matter are disposed into the truck from the side while hydraulics push and compact the waste allow for more space for collection. With the arrival of the standardized refuse collection in…

What are Data Points? June 14, 2016 In statistics, a data point (or observation) is a set of one or more measurements on a single member of a statistical population. For example:   When a user submits the values from their Capacity Estimate of a specific station or group of stations, the data submitted is aggregated and displayed as a single, timestamped data point in the Resource Center dashboard.  

What is Post-Consumer Recycled Content? June 14, 2016 Post-Consumer recycled content is content created by consumers after a product has reached the end of its use. This material is diverted from the landfill and utilized in the production of other commodities. It is much different from pre-consumer content, which is generated by companies during the manufacturing process that is reused in production. The benefit of using post-consumer content is it reuses refuse in the manufacture of goods, preventing items from ending up in the landfill…

What is a Capacity Estimate? June 13, 2016 The Capacity Estimate method is the most popular method of entering in data for the Resource Center, as it is the most practical and efficient way of submitting data at the station level. This data is entered by estimating the capacity of each container when running your daily, weekly, or monthly audit. For example:   Station A is a two-stream station. Bin #1 is “Cans & Bottles”. Bin #2 is “Waste”.   Using the Capacity Estimate method,…