The amount of municipal solid waste (i.e. garbage) produced by visitors to an area per day.
Used to calculate:
Varies by: lifestyle
| Used | lifestyle | Reference | Location: Ecosystem (study period) |
Value | Units | Notes |
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| * | Average American | Nemerow 2009 - Environmental Engineering: Environmental Health and Safety for Municipal Infrastructure, Land Use and Planning, and Industry | U.S.: Motels () | 2 | lbs / room / day | This value is the approximate solid waste generation rate from motel rooms in the United States. |
| Average American | Nemerow 2009 - Environmental Engineering: Environmental Health and Safety for Municipal Infrastructure, Land Use and Planning, and Industry | U.S.: Medium class hotel () | 1.5 | lbs / room / day | This value is the approximate solid waste generation rate from medium class hotel rooms in the United States. | |
| Average American | Nemerow 2009 - Environmental Engineering: Environmental Health and Safety for Municipal Infrastructure, Land Use and Planning, and Industry | U.S.: First Class Hotel () | 3 | lbs / room / day | This value is the approximate solid waste generation rate from first class hotel rooms in the United States. | |
| * | Average Earthling | Nemerow 2009 - Environmental Engineering: Environmental Health and Safety for Municipal Infrastructure, Land Use and Planning, and Industry | U.S.: Medium class hotel () | 1.5 | lbs / room / day | We assumed the same value for Average Earthling as for Average American. This value is the approximate solid waste generation rate from medium class hotel rooms in the United States. |
| * | Average New Yorker | NYC Department of Sanitation 2005- 2004-2005 NYC Residential and Street Basket Waste Characterization Study | NYC: urban landscape (2004-2005) | 0.000286 | kg / day / m2 | This value was calculated using New York City Department of Sanitation street wastebasket collection data and U.S. Census Bureau Census area information. |
| * | Eco-conscious | NYC Department of Sanitation 2005- 2004-2005 NYC Residential and Street Basket Waste Characterization Study | NYC: urban landscape (2004-2005) | 0.000286 | kg / day / m2 | We assume the same visitor solid waste generation rate as that of the average New Yorker. This value was calculated using New York City Department of Sanitation street wastebasket collection data and U.S. Census Bureau Census area information. |
| * | Lenape Person | Walker et al. 2001- BERRIES, BONES, AND BLADES: RECONSTRUCTING LATE PALEOINDIAN SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY AT DUST CAVE, ALABAMA | Dust Cave, Alabama: cave (1976) | 0.028241 | kg / day / m2 | We assume the same waste generation rate for visitors as residents. This value refers to a sample depository in Dust Cave, Alabama. Walker et al. note that the settlement size and the number of people that contributed to each waste pit is unclear. However, waste samples taken at a number of test sites confirms that overall waste was minimal, and that the majority of the waste deposited at Dust Cave were various nut shells (p 174). |