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Waste in the United States. As a nation, Americans generate more waste than any other nation in the world, officially with 4.4 pounds (2.0 kg) of municipal solid waste (MSW) per person per day, [1] with another study estimating 7.1 pounds (3.2 kg) per capita per day. [2] Fifty five percent of this waste is contributed as residential garbage ...
In 2009, United States residents generated 243 million tons of trash, down from 255 million tons in 2007. In the same period, the per capita generation of MSW lowered to 4.34 lbs/person/day from 4.63 lbs/person/day. [6] Figure 2 - MSW generation trends (1960–2009), based on US EPA MSW 2009 facts and figures [6]
There are higher proportions of plastics, metals, and paper in the municipal solid waste stream and there are higher labour costs. [1] As countries continue developing, there is a reduction in biological solid waste and ash. [2] Per capita waste generation in OECD countries has increased by 14% since 1990, and 35% since 1980. [3]
Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the United States and rubbish in Britain, is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public. "Garbage" can also refer specifically to food waste, as in a garbage disposal; the two are sometimes collected separately. In the European Union, the semantic ...
The United States produced 5.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2020, [5] the second largest in the world after greenhouse gas emissions by China and among the countries with the highest greenhouse gas emissions per person. In 2019 China is estimated to have emitted 27% of world GHG, followed by ...
An average of approximately 258 million tons of trash is generated by the United States in 2014. 34.6% was recycled. 12.8% was combusted for energy recovery. 52.6% was landfilled. 4.4 pounds (2.0 kg) of trash is generated per capita per day in the United States.
Turkey generates about 30 million tons of solid municipal waste per year; the annual amount of waste generated per capita amounts to about 400 kilograms. [103] According to Waste Atlas , Turkey's waste collection coverage rate is 77%, whereas its unsound waste disposal rate is 69%. [ 103 ]
States and territories ranked by per capita income. Data for the American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands is given as of 2010 (source: American FactFinder). [ 3 ] Resident population given as of the 2020 United States Census. [ 7 ][ 8 ] Rank. State or territory.