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Welcome to the Florida Waste Composition Calculation
Model (WasteCalc), a user-friendly tool to estimate the composition
of municipal solid waste generated in Florida counties. The composition data generated
by WasteCalc should prove useful for annual reporting purposes, as
well as solid waste and recycling program planning. WasteCalc was developed through a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Innovative Recycling Grant to Pinellas County. Project partners also included Highlands, Indian River, and Levy Counties. Waste composition studies and model development were conducted by Kessler Consulting, Inc., of Tampa, Florida, and Franklin Associates, Ltd., of Prairie Village, Kansas. WasteCalc was developed using demographic and socio-economic factors (for example, population and employment in select SIC codes) that are specific to each county. It integrates the latest national municipal solid waste (MSW) research done for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the most recent MSW and construction and demolition debris data for Florida. WasteCalc also relies on waste composition sampling studies conducted in the four counties that participated in the project. In addition, recent sampling studies conducted in ten other Florida counties were consulted. Should you have questions or comments about WasteCalc, please contact: Peter Goren, Environmental Manager, Recycling Program, at peter.goren@dep.state.fl.us Click below to begin using WasteCalc. |