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November 8, 2007

Americans Generated over 245 million tons of Municipal Solid Waste in 2005

Filed under: MSW Surveys and Plans — 3R's @ 2:39 pm

Nation-wide data collected by US EPA estimates that of the over 1600 pounds of waste generated each year by each person, about 394 pounds are recycled.  More facts are here, as part of Waste Age Magazine’s Profiles in Garbage series.

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