Material Weights and Conversions, Study notes of Construction

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Material Weights and Conversions

The reference information below is designed as a guide for the listing of materials on the Iowa Waste Exchange database. All materials need to be listed in pounds. This information is intended for estimation purposes when the material’s weight is unavailable.

Table of Contents

• Class: Brown Goods and Accessories............................................................................................ Browse through the document or click the category below to be taken to that section.
• Class: Chemicals
• Class: Construction and Demolition
• Class: Drums
• Class: Fluorescent Lights
• Class: Glass
• Class: Liquid Waste
• Class: Metal
• Class: Miscellaneous......................................................................................................................
• Class: Motor Vehicle Items
• Class: Organic Waste
• Class: Paper
• Class: Plastics.................................................................................................................................
• Class: Rubber
• Class: Textiles
• Class: Tires.....................................................................................................................................
• Class: White Goods........................................................................................................................
• Class: Wood
• Liquid Weights................................................................................................................................
• Volume Calculations.......................................................................................................................
• Conversion Factors

Class: Fluorescent Lights

1 Fluorescent Tube (≤4 foot) 0.625-lbs (10 ounces) 1 Fluorescent Tube (≥4 foot) 1.33-lbs

Class: Glass

Glass (crushed) 1 paper grocery bag 24-lbs 1 cubic foot 30-lbs 1 cubic yard 1,000-lbs 1 30-gallon drum 122-lbs 1 gaylord container 1,197-lbs (semi-crushed) 1,400-lbs (crushed mechanically) 1,750-lbs 55 gal drum (uncrushed, manually broken) 315-lbs Average municipal bottle 0.55-lb/bottle

Glass (whole bottles) 1 paper grocery bag 15-lbs 1 plastic grocery bag 12-lbs 1 cubic foot 19-lbs 1 cubic yard 500 - 550-lbs 1 30-gallon drum 75-lbs 1 gaylord 738-lbs Fiberglass insulation, loose 17-lbs/yd^3 Plate Glass 172-lbs/ft^3

Class: Liquid Waste

Water 8.3-lbs/gallon

Class: Metal

1 55-gallon drum Lightly packed 100 - 200-lbs 1 55-gallon drum Densely packed 1 bale 500-lbs 1 gaylord 550 - 650-lbs 1 semi-load 750 - 1,000-lbs Densely packed 20 tons Aluminum Cans (whole) 1 plastic grocery bag 2-lbs 1 cubic yard 45-lbs 1 30-gallon drum 10-lbs 1 gaylord 94-lbs Aluminum Cans (flattened) 1 plastic grocery bag 6-lbs 1 cubic yard 200-lbs 1 30-gallon drum 38-lbs

1 gaylord 369-lbs Steel Cans (whole) 1 plastic grocery bag 4-lbs 1 cubic yard 150-lbs 1 30-gallon drum 22-lbs 1 gaylord 219-lbs Steel Cans (flattened) 1 plastic grocery bag 21-lbs 1 cubic yard 850-lbs 1 30-gallon drum 127-lbs 1 gaylord 1,256-lbs

Class: Miscellaneous

Incinerator Ash 50-lbs/ft Paint 7.5-lbs/gallon Foam rubber mattress 55-lbs/mattress Mixed Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Compacted in packer Truck 650-lbs/yd^3 Lime Sludge 70% solids 15-lbs/gallon 40% solids 11-lbs/gallon Sand Foundry Silica Contaminated Soil

90-lbs/ft^3 100-lbs/ft^3 2,000-lbs/yd^3 1 Toner Cartridge 2.5-lbs

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Class: Motor Vehicle Items

Automobile Oil 1 pint 1-lb 1 gallon 8-lbs Batteries Car 39-lbs Truck 53-lbs Motorcycle 9.5-lbs Household 2,150-lbs/yd^3 Oil Filter New (car) 284 grams or 0.62-lbs Undrained (car) 545.9 grams or 1.2-lbs

Class: Organic Waste

Brush Loose 300-lbs/yd Chips 500-lbs/yd Compost Finished 1,400-lbs/yd Raw 350-lbs/yd

1 30-gallon drum 77-lbs 1 gaylord 758-lbs Magazines Stacked 1 cubic yard 1,215-lbs 12 inches high loose

40-lbs 950-lbs/yd^3 Seed bags (50-lb, plastic lined) 0.5-lbs Tab cards Uncompacted Compacted Telephone directories

605-lbs/yd^3 1,215 - 1,350-lbs/yd^3 250-lbs/yd^3 12" stack 25-lbs Mixed Office Paper (loose) 250-lbs/yd^3

Class: Plastics

Plastic bottles of HDPE, PET or LDPE Whole 30 - 40-lbs/yd^3 Flattened 65 - 75 - lbs/yd^3 550 - lbs/yd^3 400 - lbs/yd^3

Granulated Baled Bags 1 bale (lightly packed) 500-lbs 1 bale (compacted) 1,000 - 1,200-lbs Bubble wrap (33 gallons) 3-lbs Film 1 gaylord 60-lbs 1 semi load (baled) 44,000-lbs 30” x 42” X 48” (baled) 1,100-lbs 12" x 12" x 12" (tightly packed by hand) 3-lbs HDPE Milk Bottles (flattened) 1 cubic yard 36-lbs 1 30-gallon drum 5-lbs 1 gaylord 53-lbs mixed (granulated) gaylord 900-lbs Semi-trailer load 42,000-lbs HDPE Milk Bottles (whole) 1 cubic yard 25-lbs 1 30-gallon drum 4-lbs 1 gaylord 35-lbs Mixed PET and HDPE Whole, loose 32-lbs/yd^3 PET Soda Bottles (whole) 1 30-gallon drum 5-lbs 1 gaylord, loose 45-lbs 1 gaylord, granulated 725-lbs Regrind 1 semi-load 42 ,000-lbs 1 gaylord 1,000-lbs

PS, granulated or peanuts 1 cubic yard 9-lbs Styrene foam 2,000 square feet 100-lbs 1 semi-load 1,000 - 2,000-lbs Insulation board (4X8 sheet) 2-lbs/sheet Super sacks 6- to 10-lbs

Class: Rubber

Rubber 345 lbs/yd^3

240 - lbs/yd^3 480 - lbs/yd^3 885 - lbs

20 - lbs/tire

Class: Textiles

Loose Baled 31" x 45" x 60"

Class: Tires

Whole car tires Crumb rubber car tires 12-lbs/tire Whole truck tires 70-lbs/tire Crumb rubber truck tires 60-lbs/tire

130 - lbs

92 - lbs

Class: White Goods

Major Appliances Air conditioner 64-lbs Dishwasher Dryers (clothes) Freezers 193-lbs Microwave oven 50-lbs Ranges Refrigerators Washers (clothes) Water heaters

181-lbs 267-lbs 177-lbs 131 - lbs Avg/ per appliance 135-lbs

Class: Wood

Pallets 30 - 100-lbs/pallet (40-lbs. average) 1 semi-load

500 - lbs/yd

330 - lbs/yd

10,000 - 1 5,000-lbs Wood Scrap, loose 3 Wood chips 3 Sawdust 450 - 500-lbs/yd^3