Trash & Recycling Trends

Trash and Recycling: Facts and Figures Solid Waste Generation, Recycling,and Disposal in the United States: Facts and Figures 1960 Data Collected by:U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2010 The EPA uses this information to measure the success of waste reduction and recycling programs across the country In 2010 Americans generated about 250 million tonS of trash Recycled and Composted 34.1% over 85 million tons %3D of this material recycling rate On average 1.51 pounds of waste out of 4.43 pounds /person / day (individual waste generation) (recycled and composted) Annual Household Waste Per Person H Iceland 161O Ib. (730 kg) IIreland 1675 lb. (760 kg) U.S 1630 lb. (740kg) E Denmark 1475 lb. (670 kg) Germany, Luxembourg, Spain 1435 Ib. (650 kg) E Switzerland 1455 Ib. (660 kg) E U.K 1345 Ib. (610 kg) The Netherlands 1325 Ib. (600 kg) Australia 1520 lb. (690 kg) Breakdown of Trash (US) Paper & Cardboard34.2% Yard Waste 13.1% Food Scraps 11.9% Plastics 11.8% Metal 7.6% Rubber, Leather &V Textiles 7.3% Wood 5.7 % Glass 5.2% other 3.4% One Man's Trash... One metric ton of electronic scrap from personal computers contains more gold than that recovered from 17 tons of gold ore* Trash Generation Rates, 1960-2010 300 10 252.7 249.9 250 242.5 208.3 217.3 200 166.3 151.6 150 4.43 127.8 121.1 4.72 104.4 4.57 4.52 4.67 100 881 3.83 3.66 3.25 3.25 2.96 2.68 50 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Total trash generation Per capita generation Trash Recycling Rates, 1960-2010 БО 50 85.1 79.9 80 69.5 40 70 34.1% 60 55.8 O 30 31.6% 50 28.6% 25.7% 40 33.2, 20 30 10.1% 16.0% 9.6% 20 .3% 10 6.4% 6.2% 6.6% 16.7 14.5 8.0 9.3 6.5 5.6 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Total trash recycling Percent recycling Infographic provided by ROUND2 INC., An Avnet Company www.ROUND2.net *USGS Fact Sheet FS-060-01 July 2001. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs060-01/ Total trashrecycling (million tons) Total trash generation (million tons) (O Percent of generation recycled O Per capita generation (Ibs/person/day)