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Calculations to Obtain Average Million Btu Per Ton for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)

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Table B1. Calculations to Obtain Average Million Btu Per Ton for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
Material Group	Discards	Heat Content	Heat Contributed
Material Group	(Million tons)^a	(Million Btu per ton) ^b	Trillion Btu)
Newsprint	6.03	16	96.48
Paper	16.44	6.7	110.15
Containers & Packaging	19.53	16.5	322.25
Plastics
PET	2.7	20.45	55.22
HDPE	5.55	19	105.45
PVC	1.55	16.5	25.58
LDPE/LLDPE	6.08	24.1	146.53
PP	3.77	38	143.26
PS	2.44	35.6	86.86
Other	5.17	20.5	105.99
Rubber	4.88	26.86	131.08
Leather	0.86	14.4	12.38
Textiles	9.4	13.8	129.72
Yard Trimmings	12.23	6	73.38
Food Wastes	28.5	5.2	148.2
Wood	12.59	9.96	125.4
Other	8.3	18.1	150.23
Glass	10.02	0	0
Metals	11.74	0	0
Total	167.78	11.73	1968.14
Total Btu/Total Tons	1968.14 ÷ 167.78 = 11.73 Million Btu/Ton of MSW
^aTable A1. ^b Table 4. Notes: Discards includes all MSW material available for combustion with energy recovery, discards to landfill, and other disposal. For explanation of plastics abbreviations, see Appendix C. Source: Environmental Protection Agency, Municipal Solid Waste in the United States, 2005. http://www.epa.gov/msw/msw99.htm