Characterization of municipal solid waste in the United States: 1995 update. Report for 1960-94
This report is the most recent in a series of reports released by EPA characterizing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the U.S. It includes information on MSW generation, recovery, and discards from 1960 to 1994; per capita generation and discard rates; residential/commercial portions of MSW generation; trends in MSW management, including recovery for recycling and composting, as well as combustion and landfilling, from 1960 to 1994; the role of source reduction in MSW management; projections for MSW generation and management through 2010, including three scenarios for recovery; and an `additional perspectives` chapter devoted to basic information on the potential climate change implications of various MSW management strategies. Appendices include material flows methodology and recovery scenarios for the years 2000 and 2010.
- Research Organization:
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Research Triangle Park, NC (United States). Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
- OSTI ID:
- 236883
- Report Number(s):
- PB-96-152160/XAB; EPA-530/R-96/001; TRN: 61211210
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Mar 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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