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280 SOLID WASTE ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION

TABLE 16.5 RANKING AND COMPARISON OF
SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES TO PREDICT SOLID WASTE
BASED ON STANDARDIZED REGRESSION COEFFICIENT
MAGNITUDE FOR LANDFILL DISPOSAL COST

STANDARDIZED REGRESSION
COEFFICIENT FOR LANDFILL
WASTE GROUP DISPOSAL COST ($/TON)

MLM −1.31

FBM −0.29
WDM −0.22

CHM −0.13
PPM −0.12

ELM −0.08
FDM −0.07

TRM −0.01
GOV 0.00

EDU 0.00
RST 0.00

AUT 0.00
HTL 0.00

RTL 0.00
FDS 0.00

MED 0.00
ARG 0.00

CON 0.00
REC 0.00

For 12 of the 20 waste groups the number of employees alone was the only domi-
nate variable to predict annual solid waste. These waste groups are listed below:

1 Restaurants
2 Mining
3 Food stores
4 Medical services
5 Hotels
6 Construction