Commercial

CGS/PFS offers competitive pricing on all our city contracts (Post Falls) and open bids (businesses outside of Post Falls). Each business is evaluated on an individual basis, with various criteria taken into consideration:

Type of waste: paper, industrial, construction, wet, etc.
Amount generated: See Waste Generation Guidelines below
Number of collections: from 1 to 6 per week

Container Information:

Sizes available (listed in cubic yards):

Front or Rear Load: 1-yd, 1.5-yd, 2-yd, 4-yd, 6-yd, 8-yd, and 10-yd
Roll Off Boxes: 20-yard, 30-yard

Solid Waste Generation Guidelines

Classification	Building Type	Qty of Waste Generated
Apartments
	Singles or no children	1 – 1.5 cu. Yd. Per unit/month
	Family	1.5 – 2 cu. Yd. Per unit/month
Commercial Bldgs
	Office	Office 1 cu. Yd. Per 10,000sq. ft. per day
	Shopping Centers	Varies with type of tenant
	Supermarkets	1 cu. Yd. Per 1250 sq. ft. per day
	Restaurants	Varies with food type & no. of meals
	Drugstores	1 cu. Yd. per 2000 sq. ft. per day
Hotels and Motels
	High Occupancy	½ cu. Yd. per room per week
	Average Occupancy	1/6 cu. Yd. per room per week
Warehouses		Varies with type of activity
Factories		Varies with type of activity
Institutions
	Hospitals	1 cu. Yd. per 5 occupied beds/day
	Nursing Homes	1 cu. Yd. per 15 persons per day
	Rest/Retirement Homes	1 cu. Yd. per 20 persons per day
Schools
	Grade schools	1 cu. Yd. per 8 rooms per day
	High Schools	1 cu. Yd. per 10 rooms per day

Note: This information is to be used as a guideline only. The volume has been derived from nationwide averages, using varying weights per cubic yard.

Conversion Table for Cubic Foot Volume (Approximate)

Garbage can 18" diameter x 24" deep		3.6 cubic feet
Garbage can 16" diameter x 22" deep		2.0 cubic feet
Bushel Basket – standard		1.24 cubic feet
Barrel (US standard)		4.08 cubic feet
7.5 gallons		1.0 cubic feet
1 gallon		.134 cubic feet
55 gallon drum		7.0 cubic feet

Calculation to find container capacity in cubic yards:

Formula:	L x W x H	= Cubic Yards
	27

One Cubic Yard Equivalent:

27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard
One cubic yard = 203 gallons
One cubic yard = four 55 gallon drums (approximately)
One cubic yard = eleven 20 gallon cans (approximately)
One cubic yard = seven 30 gallon cans (approximately)