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ATTACHMENT C <br />Waste Component Definitions <br />The list and definitions of the Standard Material Categories were drawn from the California <br />Integrated Waste Management Board's Uniform Waste Disposal Characterization Method. <br />The component category "treated lumber" was added during the design of this study. <br />Definitions of the component materials used in this report follow. <br />Paper <br />(1) Uncoated Corrugated Cardboard usually has three layers. The center wavy layer is <br />sandwiched between the two outer layers. It does not have any wax coating on the inside or <br />outside. Examples: This component includes entire cardboard containers, such as shipping <br />and moving boxes, computer packaging cartons, and sheets and pieces of boxes and cartons. <br />This component does not include chipboard. <br />(2) Paper Bags means bags and sheets made from kraft paper. Examples: This component <br />includes paper grocery bags, fast food bags, department store bags, and heavyweight sheets <br />of kraft packing paper. <br />(3) Newspaper means paper used in newspapers. Examples: This component includes <br />newspaper and glossy inserts, and all items made from newsprint, such as free advertising <br />guides, election guides, and tax instruction booklets. <br />(4) White Ledger means uncolored bond, rag, or stationary grade paper. It may have <br />colored ink on it. When the paper is torn, the fibers are white. Examples: This component <br />includes white photocopy, white laser print, and letter paper. <br />(5) Colored Ledger means colored bond, rag, or stationery grade paper. When the paper is <br />torn, the fibers are colored throughout. Examples: This component includes colored <br />photocopy and letter paper. This component does not include fluorescent dyed paper or <br />deep -tone dyed paper such as goldenrod colored paper. <br />(6) Computer Paper means paper used for computer printouts. This component usually has <br />a strip of form feed holes along two edges. If there are no holes, then the edges show tear <br />marks. This component can be white or striped. Examples: This component includes <br />computer paper and printouts from continuous feed printers. This component does not <br />include "white ledger' used in laser or impact printers, nor computer paper containing <br />groundwood. <br />(7) Other Office Paper means other kinds of paper used in offices. Examples: This <br />component includes manila folders, manila envelopes, index cards, white envelopes, white <br />window envelopes, notebook paper, and carbonless forms. This component does not <br />include "white ledger," "colored ledger," or "computer paper'. <br />APPX B WASTE COMPOSITION REPORT 121709DOC C -1 <br />