| YEAR | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Recyclable | Weight (lbs) | Weight (lbs) | Weight (lbs) | Weight (lbs) | Weight (lbs) | Weight (lbs) | Weight (lbs) | Weight (lbs) | |
| Cans/glass/plastic | 20,640 | 5,080 | 1,280 | 3,060 | 1,700 | 4,940 | 6,060 | 4,080 | |
| Office white paper | 10,400 | 31,400 | 29,700 | 22,480 | 10,160 | 22,260 | 28,402 | 14,140 | |
| Cardboard | 62,000 | 49,200 | 43,760 | 51,560 | 49,980 | 96,080 | 149,400 | 77,860 | |
| Newspaper | 7,680 | 13,120 | 6,500 | 9,660 | 6,940 | 5,420 | 10,740 | 3,500 | |
| Mixed paper | ---- | ---- | 55,720 | 17,820 | 33,336 | 21,920 | |||
| Magazines/catalogs | ---- | ---- | 6,400 | 2,460 | 8,860 | 3,240 | 20,000 | 14,440 | |
| Bi-metal tin cans | ---- | ---- | 22,900 | 39,505 | 17,720 | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| Scrap metal | 6,000 | 54,400 | 500 | 12,860 | 9,820 | 43,460 | 33,920 | 71,961 | |
| Electronic Waste | ---- | ---- | 4,000 | 1,600 | 3,750 | ||||
| Fixer | 120 | 70 | |||||||
| Toner cartridges | 920 | 720 | 816 | 1,160 | 1,556 | 1,148 | 2,436 | 1,120 | |
| Used motor oil | 4,000 | 4,400 | 4,800 | 2,000 | 3,600 | 3,515 | 3,650 | 500 | |
| Auto batteries | 400 | 380 | 1,136 | 2,503 | 600 | 2,282 | 3,391 | ||
| Tires light trucks | 1,000 | 600 | 630 | 1,080 | 570 | 840 | 1,320 | 195 | |
| Tires passenger cars | 420 | 1,400 | 580 | 1,300 | 1,020 | 1,000 | 1,390 | 360 | |
| Large Tires | 800 | 200 | |||||||
| Yard waste | 14,500 | 16,000 | 14,750 | 15,250 | 14,750 | 112,660 | 191,040 | ||
| Grease | 43,125 | 44,437 | 44,000 | 44,000 | 44,000 | 30,000 | 42,000 | ||
| Fluorescent lights/ballasts | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,309 | 3,000 | 6,684 | 7,700 | |||
| Pallets | 44,800 | 43,000 | 6,600 | 17,248 | 8,184 | 6,140 | 17,116 | 7,832 | |
| Phone books | 10,480 | 4,660 | 13,520 | 1,120 | 5,120 | 13,360 | 14,980 | ||
| Antifreeze | 405 | 400 | 440 | 0 | |||||
| Containers | 1,260 | 4,280 | 2,700 | 0 | |||||
| TOTAL RECYCLABLES | 231,365 | 274,597 | 170,052 | 251,651 | 247,980 | 368,149 | 569,281 | ||
| TOTAL SOLID WASTE | 2,257,834 | 2,493,957 | 2,668,080 | 2,932,220 | 3,252,040 | 3,489,440 | 3,260,444 | ||
| RECYCLING RATE | 10.2% | 11.0% | 6.4% | 8.6% | 7.6% | 10.6% | 17.5% | ||
| Year | Solid waste (lbs) | Recyclables (lbs) | Recycling rate |
| 1992 | 2,598,000 | 452,000 | 17.4 |
| 1993 | 2,454,000 | 588,000 | 24.0 |
| 1994 | 2,650,000 | 770,000 | 29.0 |
| 1995 | 2,676,000 | 626,000 | 23.4 |
| 1996 | 2,780,000 | 438,000 | 15.7 |
| 1997 | 2,708,000 | 522,000 | 19.3 |
| 1998 | 2,780,000 | 474,000 | 17.0 |
| 1999 | 3,176,000 | 382,000 | 12.0 |
| 2000 | 2,277,484 | 265,701 | 11.7 |
2001 |
2,257,834 | 231,365 |
10.2 |
| 2002 | 2,493,957 | 274,597 | 11.0 |
| 2003 | 2,668,080 | 126,052 | 6.4 |
| 2004 | 2,932,220 |
206,351 | 8.6 |
| 2005 | 3,252,040 |
247,980 | 7.6 |
| 2006 | 3,489,440 |
368,149 |
10.6 |