Question

In the same year. Of the 258 million tons of waste generated 136 million tons ended up in a landfill. What is the percentage of waste that was landfilled

Answer 1

Answer: 37 percent of waste is disposed of in some form of a landfill, 8 percent of which is disposed of in sanitary landfills with landfill gas collection systems

The U.S. is the king of trash, producing a world-leading 250 million tons a year—roughly 4.4 pounds of trash per person per day Collectively, out of the 254 million tons of trash Americans can produce in one year, we recycle about 34.3 percent of it. For our average individual, 710.6 pounds are recycled and 1,361.4 pounds of trash are tossed out every year — about the weight of a grizzly bear Every year, U.S. landfills are filled with 139.6 million tons of waste, including 30.63 million tons of food. 26.82 million tons of plastic. 18.35 million tons of paper and paperboard.

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