2005 US EPA Municipal Solid Waste pie charts
March 17th, 2007 by smidge
The EPA has baked us a few delicious pies:
“Municipal solid waste” - otherwise known as trash or garbage - consists of everyday items such as product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, food scraps, newspapers, appliances, and batteries. Not included are materials that also may be disposed in landfills but are not generally considered MSW, such as demolition debris, municipal wastewater treatment sludges, and non-hazardous industrial wastes. [source: EPA Executive Summary: Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2005 Facts and Figures (PDF 18 pp., 114 KB)]
The EPA has a page on basic facts about MSW and a page devoted to their most revent 2005 study. A new study is due out in 2007.
I hope you enjoyed the pies.
