A community of 1200 homes cannot pay for the initial and operating costs of the recycling collection vehicles that were to be used. Instead, residents are to haul recycling containers to a drop off centre operated by the community. Calculate the number of vehicles from which recyclable materials must be unloaded per hour at the recycling centre. Assume the centre is open for 8 hours per day, two days a week, and that 40% of the residents will deliver recycling containers. Also assume 75% of the participants will take their separated materials to the drop-off centre once a week and the remaining 25% of participants will bring separated materials to the centre once every two weeks.

A community of 1200 homes cannot pay for the initial and operating costs of the recycling collection vehicles that were to be used. Instead, residents are to haul recycling containers to a drop off centre operated by the community. Calculate the number of vehicles from which recyclable materials must be unloaded per hour at the recycling centre. Assume the centre is open for 8 hours per day, two days a week, and that 40% of the residents will deliver recycling containers. Also assume 75% of the participants will take their separated materials to the drop-off centre once a week and the remaining 25% of participants will bring separated materials to the centre once every two weeks.

Solid Waste Engineering

3rd Edition

ISBN:9781305635203

Author:Worrell, William A.

Publisher:Worrell, William A.

Chapter5: Separation Processes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 5.20P

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