1996 Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) Generated by Waste Class

County Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 3S Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Class 7 Total Tons
ATLANTIC 22 10 549 1162 87 0 0 0 1829
BERGEN 414 52 2166 117 1027 1 0 27 3805
BURLINGTON 9 119 751 1663 88 28 0 1 2659
CAMDEN 205 133 903 15 167 3 0 4 1429
CAPE MAY 8 14 59 583 27 0 0 0 690
CUMBERLAND 25 6 996 26 23 0 0 0 1075
ESSEX 502 118 1722 912 282 1 0 1 3539
GLOUCESTER 6 6 89 36 28 0 0 62 225
HUDSON 109 32 1869 126 1932 0 0 1 4069
HUNTERDON 16 1 80 2 20 0 0 0 119
MERCER 459 118 261 9 244 26 1 1 1120
MIDDLESEX 744 111 419 2324 285 20 0 5 3910
MONMOUTH 39 81 654 1161 195 0 0 0 2130
MORRIS 78 141 909 65 142 5 0 0 1340
OCEAN 33 165 463 13 172 0 0 0 847
PASSAIC 36 227 491 76 138 0 0 0 969
SALEM 16 2 71 2 12 0 0 0 102
SOMERSET 154 10 585 687 493 7 0 4 1941
SUSSEX 5 4 116 5 15 0 0 1 147
UNION 582 128 417 58 565 29 1 16 1796
WARREN 3 6 76 8 34 0 0 0 127
Total  3,465  1,483  13,647  9,048  5,976  121  4  124 33,869

CLASS 1 - CULTURES STOCKS

CLASS 4 - NEEDLES, SYRINGES, SHARPS
CLASS 2 - PATHOLOGICAL WASTES CLASS 5 - ANIMAL WASTE
CLASS 3 - HUMAN BLOOD CLASS 6 - ISOLATION WASTES
CLASS 3S- HUMAN BLOOD DISPOSED VIA SEWER CLASS 7 - UNUSED SHARPES

* DATA represents 84% of registered RMW generators for 1996.