A community of 10,000 people wishes to initiate public garbage…

A community of 10,000 people wishes to initiate public garbage…

A community of 10,000 people wishes to initiate public garbage collection.

If trash is to be collected once a week from each home and the community has access to a 14 cubic yard garbage truck, how many trips does the truck need to make to the landfill each week? Assume a waste generation rate of 4 pounds per person per day and a compacted density of 500 pounds per cubic yard of compacted trash. The truck driving from the landfill to the community then back to the landfill is one trip