AMERICAN SAMOA POWER AUI'HORITYMATERIALS MANAGEME,NT OFFICE

APPENDIX A

TABLE 1: Weights of Aluminum Cans and PET beverage Bottles without caps

ItemVolumeml

Volumein

US floz

averageweight

Srams

averageweightUS dryounce

NumberofContainersinLlb

Aluminum Cans 355 !2 13.11 0.04623 34.6

Pet Plastic Bottles

Non-Carbonated

Water bottles lmport s00 16.9 1_0.31 0.36 44.4

Water Bottles Local s00 16.9 76 0.92 L7.4

one gallon water bottles 3780 128 64.75 2.39 6.7

Carbonated beverages

600mlSoda Bottles 600 20.29 26.9 0.93 17.2

2 liter Soda bottles 2000 67.63 53.61 1.89 8.5

volume

ml

Weights of empty PET (#1) plastic bottles (with cap off)

and aluminum can weightsPN-6108 AWS Precision balance calibrated to 3009

46,656 cubic inches in 1cubic yard 355m1 12oz

weight

brand floz ozm

Ritz 355 12 13.O2 o.4592 USA

Coors beer 355 72 \3.94 0.49L7 USA

Coors beer 35s 12 13.85 0.4888 USA

coke 355 !2 12.99 0.4582 USA

coke 3s5 L2 12.8L 0.4518 USA

coke 355 !2 L2.78 0.4s08 USA

mt dew 355 L2 72.67 o.4465 USA

mt dew 355 12 L2.76 0.4497 USA

mt dew 355 12 12.78 0.4504 USA

fanta 355 L2 t2.9L 0.4557 USA

fanta 355 12 13.49 o.4754 USA

sprite 355 t2 L2.89 0.4550 USA

safeway 355 !2 L3.39 a.47L9 USA

safeway 355 12 13.28 o.4684 USA

FUZE 355 !2 r.3.08 0.4610 USA

L96.64 6.9345

average weights 13.11 0.4623

alm cans in 1 lb= 34.6

PET Plastic water bottles

volume weight cap

brand ml floz

72.18 2.5467

2

omitted

oz

cheers 325 TL L4.44 0.5093 lndonesia

n oz gm

Niagara 500 1.6.9 10.11 0.3559 1.35 0.4477 USA

Best 500 L6.9 10.83 0.3802 1.36 o.0479 USA

s00 16.9 10.80 0.3810 1.36 a.4479 USA

500 16.9 L0.82 0.3816 1_.35 o.0477 USA

Arrow head 500 1_6.9 9.68 0.3414 1.35 o.a477 USA

500 16.9 10.01 0.3563 1.36 o.0479 USA

500 16.9 9.93 0.3503 1.35 o.4477 USA

average

PET 500mlwater bottles in 1lb=

volume of llb = 22.20liters

localwater

Local PET water Bottles in 1 lb =

l gallon PET bottles in a lb =

Noncarbonated flavored rinks

10.31 0.36

M.4

52.00 1.8341

26.00 0.92

L7.4

6.7

Samoa springs 500 16.9 26.27 0.9266 2.AL 0.0709 Am.S

lslands choice 500 16.9 25.73 0.9075 2.56 0.0903 Am.S

bottles

Niagara 3780 L28 64.75 2.3900 2.32 0.0818 USA

FUZE 591 20 25.29 o.8917 2.L4 0.08s3 USA

Same as S00mlSodas

PET Plastic Soda Bottles

brand

volume

ml

weight

gm az

L61.38 5.6010

25.90 0.93

cap

gm oz

Fanta 600 20.29 24.62 0.8684 1.91 0.0673 Fiji

600 20.29 24.3L 0.8575 1.81 0.0538 Fiji

coke 600 20.29 28.01 0.8999 1.81 0.0638 Fiji

600 2A.29 28.L6 0.9926 1.84 0.0669 Fiii

mt dew 600 20.29 28.O4 0.9890 2.41 0.0485 Fiii

600 24.29 28.18 0.9936 2.4L 0.0486 Fiii

average

600ml PET Soda bottles in 1 lb =

volume litersllb = LA.?z

1 liter = .2642 us gallons

1 us gallon = Z3lcubic inches?

46,656 cubic inches in 1 cubic yard

volume weight cap

ml floz

L7.2

ozbrand az

coke 2000 67.63 53.61 1.8913 2.58 0.091 Fiii

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