Question: Using the Excel - based WARM ( v 1 6 ) , please solve for the following: A municipality produces 5 0 0 tons of

Using the Excel-based WARM (v16), please solve for the following:
A municipality produces 500 tons of solid waste per day (200 tons per day of mixed paper (general),100 tons per day of mixed plastic, 100 tons per day of food scraps (waste),50 tons per day of glass, and 50 tons per day of aluminum cans). If 50% of the plastic and paper were combusted instead of being landfilled, what would be the net savings (approximately) in energy per day (million BTU)? Choose the best answer.
Assume national average for landfill characteristics and use default distances for waste transport characteristics.
Using the Excel - based WARM ( v 1 6 ) , please

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