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A key to successfully diverting a large portion of the industrial wastestream is <br /> to recover the majority of C&D material. This material is often rich in cardboard, <br /> wood, scrap metals, and inert material. An entire building at the SAMRF will be <br /> dedicated solely to the diversion of C&D material. Using a mechanical processing <br /> system, the SAMRF is designed to recover over 60% of incoming C&D material by <br /> the year 2000. <br /> In the commercial wastestream, the focus will be on continually improving the <br /> routing of collection vehicles to bring in the cleanest loads of commercial waste, <br /> while simultaneously concentrating additional effort on material recovery at the <br /> facility. To reach the higher levels of diversion, additional shifts of sorters will be <br /> added. Key materials that will be targeted for diversion include: paper, ferrous <br /> metals, wood waste; and source-separated yard waste. <br /> In the residential wastestream, the anticipated level of diversion is relatively less <br /> due to contamination, although paper and household containers will be <br /> aggressively recovered. Source-separated and bagged yard waste will be an <br /> integral part of residential recovery, and is expected to contribute more diversion <br /> each year as a result of increased public education and participation. <br /> 31 <br />