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TCMRF Single�Sort Constituent Test <br />Tn addition to the major production grades, there are s�veral areas/categori.es where srnall <br />amounts of materials are produced. These were collected in containers and weighed <br />individually. These categories include: <br />� Scrap steel items from single-sort process system. <br />• Bniky items from container process system. <br />• Air classifier cyclone "fluff." <br />• Container process systezn floor sweepings. <br />•�pillage at balcr 1(materials falling off bales as extruded from the machine) <br />The tipping floors and infeed conveyors for both systcros were ezz�.ptied prior to the <br />completion of processing. <br />FINDINGS AND RESULTS <br />Tab�e 2 provides a sum�nnary of weights for materials produced during the test and reports <br />percent of production. The table provides broader categories for reporting in order to <br />report production results while praviding a minimum level of confidentiality for <br />production data. <br />TABLE 2— PRODUCTION RESULTS FOR TEST ON OCTOBER 18 2003 <br />SINGLE STREAMPROCESS SYSTEM TONS PRODUCED % OF PRODUCTION <br />News a er 44.055 58_8l <br />Other Pa er (OCC & Mixed 10.553 14_09 <br />Scra Steel 0.550 0.73 <br />Residue i.298 1.73 <br />Floor Swee in s 0.400 - <br />CONTAINER PROCESS SYSTEM <br />Cans Alutninum & Steel 3.003 4.01 <br />Scra Steel 0.060 0.08 <br />Plastic 2.591 3.�46 <br />Mixed G1ass 8.387 11.20 <br />Color Sorted Glass I.248 1.67 <br />Residue 3.162 4.22 <br />Total 74.907 100 <br />Tota1 Recove 70.447 94.05 <br />Tota1 Residue 4.460 5.95 <br />Newspaper is the majority product produced from the sortivag process. Yi is produced in a <br />"negative sort" fashion that means it is left on the single-sort conveyors as thc last <br />3 Although classified as "residue" for this test, tlus material is comprised mainly of itenns not targeted for <br />recycling. At the TCMRF, the chief components are film plastics and miscellaneous plastic itezns (toys, <br />baskets, tubs, etc.) <br />4 Floor Sweepings, a result of sp�llage from the process line, are collected at the end of every shift and <br />returned to the tip floor for processing. They are not counted as processed material. <br />5 Difference between total inbound and processed equals 0.63 �crcent. <br />