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Waste
Characterization
 Since
the late 1970s, we have been at the forefront of the
conduct of reliable and representative waste characterization
studies for program planning and facility design,
and of the development of characterization procedures
and sampling techniques. The complex and time-varying
nature of municipal solid waste makes it one of the
most difficult materials to evaluate and process.
Our
firm has performed waste characterization and sampling
work for a variety of organizations, including the
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM),
the U.S. EPA, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Electric
Power Research Institute, state governments, county
governments, municipalities, international organizations,
and private refuse collection firms. The studies have
encompassed jurisdictions generating 50 to 12,000
TPD of solid waste and having populations of 75,000
to 7,000,000.
| CEAMSE,
Buenos Aires -- CalRecovery planned and
directed a waste characterization program during
two one-week periods in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The information served to conceptualize alternatives
for the management of the wastes generated in
the metropolitan area and to prepare a comprehensive
tender document for managing the wastes destined
for land disposal at a site due to close within
a few months. |
| American
Society for Testing and Materials -- George
M. Savage authored the standard test method for
the characterization of municipal solid waste
under the auspices of the American Society for
Testing and Materials. The test method presents
the methodology for obtaining representative samples
of solid waste, describes the important waste
characteristics and properties and their measurement,
defines the data presentation format, and presents
the protocol for preparing sorting samples from
gross samples of raw municipal solid waste. |
| Los
Angeles County Sanitation Districts --
A comprehensive waste characterization program
was conducted as part of a scientific study of
the inputs and outputs from the Commerce (California)
Refuse to Energy Facility. The work consisted
of developing an operational test plan document,
preparing a QA/QC program, execution of the protocol,
data analysis, and final report preparation. The
composition, heavy metal concentrations, and concentration
of organic compounds were measured. |
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