Most of the city's residential trash would be shipped out of state.
Most of the city's residential trash is collected by the city.
As late as 1980, the report said, less than 1 percent of the city's residential trash was recycled.
Privately run transfer stations would take about half of the city's residential trash away, most likely by rail.
For all practical purposes, a 30-gallon container typically holds less than 30 pounds of residential trash.
The change is not likely to help the average taxpayer, since it does not apply to residential trash.
The city now recycles about 14 percent of its residential trash, or about 2,200 tons daily.
The city now picks up 17,000 tons of residential trash a day.
Mr. Miller contends that the site is large enough for residential and commercial trash.
The amount is about 4 percent of the 18,000 to 20,000 tons of the city's daily residential trash.
