This tool enables you to calculate an approximate weight for commercial waste and recycla

and recycling your company generates.

The following steps outline how to use the commercial waste weights calculator

1. Define the time period of interest (month/quarterly/year). This does not affect the calculation; it is there to p
it shows if the estimates represent a week, month, quarter or years worth of commercial waste/recycling. For example, if
1 months of waste, you could enter 'October 2013'

2. Input the total number of bins by waste stream and container type emptied by your waste contractor du
time period. For example, you may have a 360 litre bin for refuse and 360 litre bin for mixed paper and cardboard emp
basis. If you are calculating a months worth of waste/recycling you would enter '4' under commercial refuse 360 and '4'
paper and cardboard (4 weeks of waste/recycling).
3. Indicate how full the bin is when it is typically emptied e.g. 100% full, 50% full etc

N.B when you adjust the bin fill level it autom

in the 'mass densities & bins tab

4. The calculator provides a total weight of all waste/recycling as well as a breakdown by material and a 'r

Other information

You can see the 'mass density figures' (weight to volume) on the 'mass densities & bins' tab. If you have different sized b
'Calculator' then you are able to change them in this tab. Different mass densitites are assumed for sacks, 2 wheeled bin
bins. Please ensure that you alter the correct column e.g. if you are changing the size of a 4 wheeled bin, then do so und
wheeled bin option
 waste and recyclables based on the quantity of commercial waste
mpany generates.

alculation; it is there to provide context i.e.

ecycling. For example, if you are calculating

r waste contractor during the defined

aper and cardboard emptied on a weekly
ercial refuse 360 and '4' under 360 litre
 the bin fill level it automatically adjusts the mass densities
s & bins tab

n by material and a 'recycling rate'

Change sack Change 2 wheeled Change 4 wheeled

size/name in bin size/names in bin size/names in
Column G Columns H-J Columns K-M

ou have different sized bins to those in the

for sacks, 2 wheeled bins and 4 wheeled
eled bin, then do so under the existing 4
Waste/material streams Sack (80l)
Commercial refuse
Dry mixed recycling - plastic bottles and mixed cans
Dry mixed recycling - paper, card, plastic bottles and mixed cans
Dry mixed recycling - paper, card, plastic bottles, mixed cans and glass
Separate paper collection
Separate card collection
Separate paper and card collection
Separate plastic bottle collection
Separate mixed plastics collection
Separate glass collection
Separate food collection

Results

Total
Waste/material streams (tonnes)
Commercial refuse 0.00
Dry mixed recycling - plastic bottles and mixed cans 0.00
Dry mixed recycling - paper, card, plastic bottles and mixed cans 0.00
Dry mixed recycling - paper, card, plastic bottles, mixed cans and glass 0.00
Paper 0.00
Card 0.00
Paper & Card 0.00
Plastic Bottles 0.00
Mixed Plastic 0.00
Glass 0.00
Food 0.00

Total waste/recycling 0.00

Refuse Total 0.00

Recyclables Total 0.00
 Time Period
July

Number of containers emptied

140 litre (2 240 litre (2 360 litre (2 660 litre 1100 litre 1280 litre Average bin
wheeled) wheeled) wheeled) (4 wheeled) (4 wheeled) (4 wheeled) fill level
99%
60%
60%
60%
60%
60%
60%
60%
60%
100%
50%

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2 wheeled
Kerbside Streams Sack (80l) bin

Commercial refuse 0.089 0.083

Dry mixed recycling - plastic bottles and mixed cans 0.040 0.030
Dry mixed recycling - paper, card, plastic bottles and mixed cans 0.070 0.062
Dry mixed recycling - paper, card, plastic bottles, mixed cans and glass 0.090 0.084
Paper 0.294 0.294
Card 0.060 0.060
Paper & Card 0.070 0.070
Plastic Bottles 0.022 0.021
Mixed Plastic 0.041 0.031
Glass 0.210 0.277
Food 0.667
ensities (t/m3) Weight per Waste Stream and Bin Size (t)

4 wheeled Container 140 litre (2 240 litre 360 litre (2 660 litre 1100 litre
bin Name Sack (80l) wheeled) (2 wheeled) wheeled) (4 wheeled) (4 wheeled)
Litres 80 140 240 360 660 1100
m3 0.08 0.14 0.24 0.36 0.66 1.1
0.081 0.007 0.012 0.020 0.030 0.053 0.088
0.030 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.006 0.012 0.020
0.062 0.006 0.005 0.009 0.013 0.024 0.041
0.084 0.007 0.007 0.012 0.018 0.033 0.055
0.294 0.024 0.025 0.042 0.064 0.116 0.194
0.060 0.005 0.005 0.009 0.013 0.024 0.040
0.070 0.006 0.006 0.010 0.015 0.028 0.046
0.021 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.005 0.008 0.014
0.058 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.007 0.023 0.039
0.290 0.017 0.039 0.066 0.100 0.191 0.319
0.047 0.080
1280 litre
(4 wheeled)
1280
1.28
0.102
0.023
0.047
0.065
0.226
0.046
0.054
0.016
0.045
0.371