Characterization of municipal solid waste in the United States: 1994 update

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:6552039

The report is the most recent in a series of reports released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to characterize MSW in the United States. It characterizes the national waste stream based on data through 1993 and includes: Information on MSW generation from 1960 to 1993; Information on MSW management -- recovery for recycling and composting, combustion, and landfilling -- from 1960 to 1993; A discussion of the role of source reduction in MSW management; Information on the relationship of MSW generation to population and economic activity; Information characterizing MSW by volume as well as by weight; Projections for MSW generation to the year 2000; Projections for MSW combustion through 2000; and Projections (presented in three recovery scenarios) for materials recovery for recycling and composting through 2000.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
• OSTI ID: 6552039
• Report Number(s): PB-95-147690/XAB; EPA--530/R-94/042
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320604* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Municipal Waste Management-- (1980-)
COMPILED DATA
DATA
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS RECOVERY
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NUMERICAL DATA
PROCESSING
RECYCLING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES