A completed example of Template 3: Waste composition, generation rates and general costs and income

Location covered (e.g campus, building, grounds, area)…West Block…………………

Date ……14 August 2005 ……………………….

Waste types (examples)	Source	Number of sacks or containers	Conversion Factor per container (tonnes / container of material)	Collection frequency per week / month	Estimated annual tonnage	Estimated annual cost (£)
Cardboard	Student shop	4 eurobins	0.660	2/wk	274	6240
Paper	Offices	87 bags	0.010	1/wk	45	4524
Food waste	Canteen	64 bags	0.015	2/wk	100	6656
Glass bottles	Bars	2 eurobins	0.750	2/wk	156	0
Cans alum / steel	Canteen	7 bags	0.005	1/wk	1.8	(364)
Wooden pallets	Central stores	7 pallets	0.010	1/wk	2.6	260
				Sub-totals	580	17,316
				Landfill tax (£18/T)		10,440
				TOTAL		£27,756

Note

Bags and pallets costed at £1 each
Eurobins costed at £15 each uplif

Click here for a calculator that can be used to indicate the tonnage of waste (paper, card, household, glass, construction or wood) depending on the size of container.

Simply select the type of waste and insert the volume of its container into the appropriate column.

For example for a 1100 L Eurobin (1.1 m3 ) of household waste, inserting a 1.1 into the m3 column will provide an indicative weight of 0.297 Tonnes.

Alternatively, glass in a Eurobin would weigh 0.825 Tonnes.

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