Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00833:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00833
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 657144–659973

9                                                   Inert waste          28                                         32.1                                        37.5                                         89

Example:
       A landfill in a State is licensed only to receive commercial and industrial waste. A condition of the licence is that the landfill is restricted to receiving no more than 5% (Wmtrmax = 5%) food waste in its deliveries. The landfill operator accounts for this restriction by using the formula for each unrestricted waste type (Wmtu) in the table above. So, for paper and paper board waste, the calculation is:

       The operator would continue to use the formula for each unrestricted waste mix type. For the restricted waste mix type the percentage used is Wmtrmax.
The following table sets out all the relevant variables and results for this example.

Item  Waste mix type       Wmtu   Wmtr (%)  Wmtrmax (%)  Wmtadj (%)
                           (%)
 1    Food                        21.5      5.0
 2    Paper and cardboard  15.5                          18.8
 3    Garden and park      4.0                           4.8
 4    Wood and wood waste  12.5                          15.1
 5    Textiles             4.0                           4.8
 6    Sludge               1.5                           1.8
 7    Nappies              0.0                           0.0
 8    Rubber and leather   3.5                           4.2
 9    Inert waste          37.5                          45.4

5.11A  Certain waste to be deducted from waste received at landfill when estimating waste disposed in landfill
 (1) When estimating the tonnage of waste by waste mix type disposed of in a landfill, the tonnage of the following waste is to be deducted from the estimates of waste received at the landfill:
 (a) waste that is taken from the landfill for recycling or biological treatment;
 (b) waste that is received at the landfill for recycling or biological treatment at the landfill site;
 (c) waste that is used at the landfill for construction purposes, daily cover purposes, intermediate cover purposes or final capping and cover purposes.
 (2) If the waste to be deducted under subsection (1) is a general waste stream mentioned in subsection 5.10(1), the tonnage of the waste to be deducted may be estimated by using the default waste stream percentages mentioned in subsection 5.11(2) for each waste mix type.

5.12  Degradable organic carbon content
  For paragraph 5.4A(c), the amount of the degradable organic carbon content of the solid waste at the landfill must be estimated by using the degradable organic carbon values in column 3 of an item in the following table for each waste mix type in column 2 for that item.

Item  Waste mix type                        Degradable organic carbon value