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HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARACTERIZATION STUDY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA: A MITE PROGRAM EVALUATION
Citation:
Bertrand, H., D. Oliver, M. Tormey, AND D. Cearly. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARACTERIZATION STUDY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA: A MITE PROGRAM EVALUATION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-95/140.
Description:
The objectives of the Household hazardous Waste Characterization Study (the HHW Study) were to quantify the annual household hazardous waste (HHW) tonnages disposed in Palm Beach County, Florida's (the county) residential solid waste (characterized in this study as municipal solid waste "MSW") by material type, on both a net and gross weight basis (net weight consisted of material weight only; gross weight included the material and the containers); quantify the annual HHW tonnages diverted through the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's household hazardous waste collection facility (HHWCF) on both a net and gross weight basis; and compute HHW diversion rates based on a comparison of disposed and diverted tonnages. n a net basis, the total disposed HHW was computed to be 695 tons per year and the diverted tonnage was computed to be 189 tons per year, for a total generated quantity of 884 tons per year. his tonnage compares to a total of approximately 900,000 tons per year of residential MSW generated (including disposed and recycled MSW) in the County. ased on these figures, approximately .1 percent of the generated residential MSW in the county is HHW.