| Material |
Volume |
Weight in
lbs. |
Weight
in tons |
|
Newsprint
loose
compact
|
12 inch stack
60 gallon
90 gallon
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
|
35
170
300
360 to 800
720 to 1,000
|
0.0175
0.085
0.15
0.18 to 0.4
0.36 to0.5
|
|
Corrugated
loose
baled
|
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
|
300
1,000 to 1,200
|
0.15
0.5 to 0.6
|
|
Glass
uncrushed
semicrushed
crushed
|
1 grocery bag
60 gallon
90 gallon
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
|
16
100
275
600 to 1,000
1,000 to 1,800
800 to 2,700
|
0.008
0.05
0.1375
0.3 to 0.5
0.5 to 0.9
0.4 to 1.35
|
|
Aluminum
unflattened
flattened
|
1 grocery bag
60 gallon
90 gallon
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
|
1.5
20
30
50 to 74
250
|
.00075
0.01
0.015
0.025 to 0.037
0.125
|
|
Ferrous
unflattened
flattened
|
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
|
150
850
|
0.075
0.425
|
|
Plastic
unflattened
|
60 gallon
90 gallon
1 cubic yard
|
10
15
24 to 49
|
0.005
0.0075
0.012 to 0.02
|
|
Yard Waste
uncompacted
compacted
wood chips
grass
|
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
1 cubic yard
|
250 to 450
320 to 500
500
400 to 1,500
|
0.125
0.16 to 0.25
0.25
0.2 to 0.75
|
|
Food Waste
|
55 gallon
|
412
|
0.206
|
