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From: Fred Friedman (FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPA.GOV)
Date: Wed Jul 19 2000 - 15:33:00 EDT 

Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:33:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman)
Subject: Re: Diversion from municipal waste to recycling (L McInerny)

July 19, 2000

Dear L McInerny,

Assuming food waste, yard waste, construction waste diversion, in addition to regular large fractions of MSW, the realistic, attainable figure is 80%-90%, usually in stages of:
1) to 2 years ops: 25%
2) 2-5 years ops: 35-55%
3) 5-8 years ops: 60-80%
4) 8-12 years ops: 85-90%

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