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Waste generation data provides an estimate of how much waste a business typically produces by converting information on volume of waste to weight measured in pounds.  These data are drawn from the Solid Waste Management Master Plan Waste Composition Study Report, which was prepared for Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management by an independent consulting firm, CH2M Hill, in August of 1993.

This study includes a separate analysis of waste composition of 111 commercial samples by generator category, for 19 commercial waste generator categories.  Estimates of waste generation rates expressed in cubic yards per square foot of a building area were converted into rates expressed in pounds, based on information collected by waste haulers, solid waste directors, and manufactures.  The study accounted for seasonality by drawing waste samples at varying periods during the year, and then averaging results to derive annual waste estimates.

Although the CIWMB 1999 Statewide Waste Characterization Study also contained information that could be used to develop waste generation rates, variances between the two datasets, most likely resulting from differences in location factors, made it is more reasonable to use the factors established by Miami-Dade.   

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