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Volume-to-Weight Conversion Factors for Solid Waste

This document from April 2016 provides updates to the volume-to-weight conversion factors found in the 1997 report, "Measuring Recycling: A Guide for State and Local Governments."

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Volume-to-Weight Conversion Factors for Solid Waste (PDF)(7 pp, 325 K, April 2016)