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304 MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION

Model Inputs
Independent variables for the business or government agency to be analyzed
(SIC code, number of employees, landfill disposal cost, ISO 14001 certification)

Model Processes

Allocate business or government agency to one of the 20 significant waste
groups based on the SIC code input (based on the waste characterization/
cluster analysis)

Waste Group 1 Waste Waste
• • • • •
Group 2 Group 20
Predict annual solid waste
generation tonnage
(based on multivariable
regression analysis)

Predict waste stream
material tonnages (based Material Material
on cluster analysis Tonnages for • • • • • Tonnages for
compositions percentages Group 2 Group 20
and regression analysis)

Establish performance Performance Performance
parameters of the business Parameters • • • • • Parameters
or government agency Group 2 Group 20

Model Outputs
Outputs for the business or government agency analyzed:
• Tonnage predictions for total annual waste generation
• Tonnage predictions for major annual waste stream components
• Annual solid waste performance parameters

Figure 18.1 Model integration flowchart.