Table 27.  Sensitivity Analysis of Availability of Waste-to-Energy 
           Resources for Combustion to Energy, 2000 (Quadrillion Btu)
 

                                       Landfill Rates
Recycling Rates                           (percent)                    
(percent)                     50        55         60        65

20.......................     73        61         49        36

25.......................     61        49         36        24

30.......................     49        36         24        12


   Note: Recycling rate includes composting.
   Assumptions: Approximately 2.4 x 10^15^ Btu available in 2000 
(calculated by multiplying 5,569 Btu per pound x 2,000 pounds per ton x
217.8 million tons).
   Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, 
Electric and Alternate Fuels.