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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 13, No. 4, 343-361 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9501300406

A Comparison of Two Waste Stream Quantification and Characterization Methodologies

Chang-Ching Yu

Department of Geography, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada

Virginia Maclaren

Department of Geography, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1, Canada

This paper compares a traditional engineering approach (direct waste analysis) for collecting waste quantity and waste composition data to a social science approach (questionnaire surveys) for dealing with the same problem. The advantages and disadvantages of these two methodologies are discussed, and a comparison made of the results obtained from applying these methodologies to a case study of the industrial-commercial-institutional waste stream in Metropolitan Toronto. The study shows that while the two approaches produce fairly similar waste quantity estimates, their waste composition estimates are not as close and vary considerably by material.

Key Words: Industrial-commercial-institutional waste • waste quantification and characterization • waste quantity • composition • direct waste analysis • questionnaire surveys.


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