Trash Facts

FACTSABOUT TRASH 10 IU IN THE UNITED STATES POPULATION: 314 million MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE GENERATION 251 million tons TOTAL MSW RECOVERY 87 million tons AFTER MSW RECOVERY & COMPOSTING 164 million tons DATA IS YEARLY FACTS U.S. GENERATES 250+ MILLION TONS OF TRASH, OR 4.3 LBS PER PERSON U.S. HAS RECYCLING RATE OF 34%-MORE THAN DOUBLE THE 14.5% IN 1980 OVER 75% OF WASTE IS RECYCLABLE BUT WE ONLY RECYCLE 30% OF IT AMERICANS THROW AWAY 25 MILLION PLASTIC BOTTLES EVERY HOUR WE USE 50 MILLION TONS OF PAPER PER YEAR - OR 850 MILLION TREES MORE FACTS EVERY TON OF RECYCLED OFFICE PAPER SAVES 380 GALLONS OF OIL E-WASTE REPRESENTS 2% OF LANDFILLS-EQUALS 70% OF TOXIC WASTE A TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD THROWS OUT 10-15% OF THE F0OD IT PURCHASES ENERGY SAVED FROM 1 ALUMINUM CAN WILL OPERATE A TV FOR 3 HOURS PLASTIC BAGS TAKE 1,000 YEARS TO DECOMPOSE - DIAPERS 500 YEARS MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW): |Paper (27%) Food waste & yard trimmings (28%) IPlastics (13%) M etals (9%) Paper (51%) Yard trimmings (22%) IFood waste (2%) Rubber, leather and textiles (9%) Wood (6%) IMetals (9%) Glass (4%) Plastic & vood (3%) I Glass (5%) Other (3%) I Other (9%) MSW GENERATION - 251 MILLION TONS MSW RECOVERY & COMPOSTING - 87 TONS |Food vaste (30%) Plastics (23%) IPaper (20%)| |Rubber, leather and textiles (14%) |Other (13%) AFTER MSW RECOVERY & COMPOSTING - 164 TONS TIPS & ADVICE E-WASTE FOOD WASTE * DISPOSE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES PROPERLY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF WASTE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING 1 MILLION LAPTOPS SAVES THE ENERGY EQUIVALENT TO THE ELECTRICITY USED BY 3,657 HOMES IN A YÉAR IF WE WASTED JUST 5% LESS, IT'D BE ENOUGH TO FEED 4 MILLION AMERICANS FOR A YEAR RECYCLING ZERO WASTE HOME REDUCE, REUSE & RECYCLE GET YOUR 5 R'S RIGHT IF WE RECYCLED JUST ONE-TENTH OF OUR NEWSPAPERS, WE COULD SAVE 25 MILLION TREES PER YEAR REFUSE WHAT YOU DON'T NEED, REDUCE WHAT YOU DO NEED, REUSE WHAT YOU CONSUME, RECYCLE WHAT YOU CANNOT REFUSE, REDUCE OR RÉUSE, AND ROT (COMPOST) THE REST FOR MORE INFO, VISIT: www.budgetdumpster.com A PROJECT BY: Budget Dumpster.com BU We've rented over 65,000 dumpsters. Piktochart II make information beautiful