Life-Cycle Assessment of Recycling Postconsumer High-Density Polyethylene and Polyethylene Terephthalate

Table 1

Data for the curbside collection profile by weight for the recovery of PET and HDPE and data for composition by weight of materials collected per vehicle load.

Curbside collection profile by weight
Truck fuel consumption (L)/100 km	34.5
Route distance round trip (km)	60 km
Truck cubic meters (m^3)	16
Households per route	950
Average setouts per route	310
kg material per setout (kg)	6.5
Material per load (kg)	2015
Truck load composition (by weight)
PET	10%
HDPE	10%
PVC	3%
Other plastics	3.00%
Other papers	27%
Corrugated containers	8.50%
Glass	11%
Steel	15%
Al	8%
Cu	5%
Nonrecyclables	9%