Carrying Out a Waste Characterization in Your Community

The following documents were developed by Zender Environmental and funded by the Institute of Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP), Northern Arizona University in 2005.

Counting Your Community’s Household Trash

Instruction Form for Households: Draft – change the information to fit your waste study

Waste Data Sheet (pdf)

Waste Data Sheet (excel)

Waste Weight Conversion Sheet

Business Waste Survey – General Businesses

Business Waste Survey – School

Business Waste Survey – Post Office

Counting Your Community’s Trash (2-page overview)

Alternate Auto-graph and calculation sheet for waste characterization (presented at ATCEM 07)

Kalskag Solid Waste Characterization Study Report, Prepared by: Daniel Lung, UAF Cooperative Extension Service

Auto waste chart shown in Zender Trainings