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- Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recovery, & Disposal: 1970 - 1988[In millions of tons, unless otherwise indicated.] Item & Material 1970 1975 1980 1985 1988
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- Gross waste generated 120.5 125.3 142.6 152.5 179.6
- Per person per day(lb.) 3.22 3.18 3.43 3.49 4.00
- Materials recovered 8.0 9.1 13.4 15.3 23.5
- Per person per day(lb.) .21 .23 .32 .35 .52
- Processed for energy recovery .4 .7 2.7 7.6 1.0
- Per person per day(lb.) .01 .02 .06 .17 .02
- New waste disposed of 112.1 115.1 126.5 129.7 130.5
- Per person per day(lb.) 3.00 2.93 3.04 2.97 2.87
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- Percent distribution of
- net discards:(1)
- Paper & paperboard 32.4 29.6 32.5 35.5 40.0
- Glass 11.1 11.4 11.0 8.9 7.0
- Metals 12.0 11.5 10.1 9.0 8.5
- Plastics 2.7 3.8 5.9 7.1 8.0
- Rubber & leather 2.7 3.2 3.2 2.5 2.5
- Textiles 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1
- Wood 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6
- Food wastes 11.4 11.5 9.2 9.0 7.4
- Yard wastes 20.6 21.7 20.5 20.4 17.6
- Other wastes 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 3.2
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- 1. Net discards after materials recovery and before energy
- recovery.
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- Source:Franklin Associates, Ltd., Prairie Village, KS. Prepared
- for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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