Ok everybody I need to clarify my original question. I'm specifically
looking for avg. lbs per person/year generated for the following materials:
ONP, OCC, mixed paper including magazines, PET, HDPE, aluminum cans, steel
cans, glass, and scrap metal. Does anyone have a recent study with good
numbers for these? I realize the importance of zero waste and the need to
educate everyone about it, but I'm just trying to find numbers for the
materials that are generally recycled in my district. I'd like to know how
much of these materials are in our waste stream to find out how much of
these materials are being wasted. I've got to get people to use the
recycling collection systems in place and finding these numbers will help me
make my point. Thanks for all the good responses, we all need reminded that
virtually everything can be recycled if we think differently about our
world.
Brian Pugh
Four County Solid Waste District
The original question was "Does anybody have a good number on the pounds per
person per year the avg. person generates in recyclable material? I have
stats on the avg. MSW per person/year, but would like to know how much of
that is considered recyclable. If you could state where the information
came from it would be helpful because I'd like to put it into a report I'm
doing."
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