Component | Moisture %W | Ash %A | Combustible %C | Hawf (kJ/kg) | Hlow (kJ/kg) | Electrical energy equivalent (kWh/kg) | Energy in a year (kWh/kg) |
Food and organic waste (to be analyzed in each case) | 66 | 13 | 21 | 20,000 | 2586 | 0.718 | 6293 |
Paper and cardboard | 47 | 6 | 47 | 19,000 | 7781 | 2.161 | 18,933 |
Rubber and leather | 11 | 26 | 63 | 25,000 | 15,481 | 4.300 | 37,671 |
Textiles | 33 | 4 | 63 | 19,000 | 11,163 | 3.101 | 27,164 |
Wood | 35 | 5 | 60 | 19,000 | 10,544 | 2.929 | 25,658 |
Glass | 3 | 97 | 0 | 0 | −73 | −0.020 | −178 |
Metal | 6 | 94 | 0 | 0 | −147 | −0.041 | −357 |
Inert | 10 | 90 | 0 | 0 | −245 | −0.068 | −595 |
Fines (<12 mm mesh) | 32 | 46 | 22 | 15,000 | 2518 | 0.699 | 6126 |
Polystyrene (wrapping) | 29 | 8 | 63 | 40,000 | 24,491 | 6.803 | 59,595 |