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The SSRC web banner shows the order of prevalence of waste materials in our disposed trash:
| Paper/cardboard | Food scraps |
Plastics |
Textiles |
Yard trimmings |
Metal |
| 15.8% | 15.4% | 13.4% | 7.0% | 6.4% | 5.5% |
Everything else: 36.5%
Cost to dispose of trash in our SSRC towns in 2010: $5,400,000
Source: Covanta Energy SEMASS Waste Characterization Study In Support Of Class Ii Recycling Program, Feb. 2011