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rung District to shred wood on site.
In meeting the state mandate that 10 percent of trash be recycled by December 31 this year, 15 percent by December 1993 and 25 percent by 1995, mulched wood would counts as recycled, but incinerated wood trash does not.
The firm that prepared the plan assumes that Rappahannock County’s trash is typical of trash in northern Virginia. Typical trash in the area is 1.8 percent aluminum, 8.6 percent glass, 10.5 percent newsprint, 6.3 percent corrugated cardboard, 23.3 percent other paper, 19.2 percent yard waste, 4.0 percent ferrous metals, and 18,3 percent other.
The plan would require Rappahannock to reduce the total waste by 10 percent by the year 2011. This would mean that the rate would be reduced from 5.31 pounds per person per day to 4.78 pounds. This is to be done by persuading homeowners to leave grass clippings on the lawn and compost leaves and other backyard trash.
Mr. McCarthy said very little of Rappahannock’s trash is yard waste. Most Rappahannock households already are following these practices. So no appreciable reduction in trash can come from this. That does mean, however, that it is likely a higher than average percentage of Rappahannock’s trash is paper, cans, glass and recyclable plastic, he suggested.
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