- Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States 2007 Facts and Figures: “This fact sheet is the latest publication describing the national waste stream based on data collected from 1960 through 2007. It contains information on the benefits of recycling, as well as data on waste generation, recycling, and disposal. It’s also accompanied by data tables that present detailed data that is produced each year. This year, it also includes a summary of our methodology for developing this data.”
- Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling and Disposal in the United States: Facts and Figures for 2007 (177 pages, PDF): “In the United States, we generated approximately 254 million tons of MSW in 2007 similar to the amount generated in 2006. Excluding composting, the amount of MSW recycled increased to 63.3 million tons, an increase of 1.9 million tons from 2006. This is a 3 percent increase in the tons recycled. The tons recovered for composting rose to 21.7 million tons in 2007, up from 20.8 million tons in 2006. The recovery rate for recycling (including composting) was 33.4 percent in 2007, up from 32.3 percent in 2006.”
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