Figure: 30 TAC §328.9(a)
Recycling Rate
{Note: the brackets are part of a mathematical equation and are not meant to be deleted}
where
RR is the recycling rate (in percent);
R is the tons of material recovered or diverted for recycling from the total municipal solid waste stream of the report area during the report period;
D is the tons of total municipal solid waste incinerated, landfilled, or otherwise disposed of in the report area during the report period; and
E is the net tons of total municipal solid waste exported during the report period; that is, the tons
exported from the report area minus the tons imported
into the report area.