Jones' Compostable Waste

Here is a chart of the amount of compostable waste generated by Jones college by meal during the '98 fall semester from October 21 - December 18.

* Anomolous data point (Dinner) at Nov 12 is probably due to combining lunch and dinner waste

The stats for each meal are:
NOTE: Totals are sums of values for individual meals

Compostable Waste (in lbs)

Meal	Average	SD	N	Min	Max
Breakfast	5.53	2.22	36	2	11
Lunch	32.6	5.66	19	22	41
Dinner	52.3	12.6	12	42	86
Total	90.5	20.4	---	66	138

Non-compostable Waste (in lbs)

Meal	Average	SD	N	Min	Max
Breakfast	4.36	2.11	36	1	11
Lunch	12.8	3.93	19	7	22
Dinner	15.1	4.94	12	9	26
Total	32.3	11	---	17	59

% of Compostable Waste per meal (by weight)

Meal	% compostable
Breakfast	56%
Lunch	72%
Dinner	78%
Total	74%

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