| United States Recycling Statistics
| Do you know that American generate over eighty three million tons of paper product waste every year? We triple the waste since 1960. How do we treat these wastes? Do we properly recycle them? Here are United States Recycling Statistics in 2003. |
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Survey of Previous
Year |
U.S.
Population |
(mostly)
MunicipalWaste
Generated (tons) |
Increase |
Percentage
Recycled |
Tons
Disposed |
Tons Disposed
Per Person |
1990 |
246,819,230 |
269,000,000 |
--------- |
8% |
247,480,000 |
1.002 |
1991 |
249,439,545 |
293,613,000 |
+24,613,000 |
11.5% |
259,847,000 |
1.041 |
1992 |
252,124,362 |
280,675,000 |
-12,938,000 |
14% |
241,380,000 |
0.957 |
1993 |
255,001,827 |
291,742,000 |
+11,067,000 |
17% |
242,146,000 |
0.949 |
1994 |
257,752,702 |
306,866,000 |
+15,124,000 |
19% |
248,561,000 |
0.964 |
1995 |
260,292,437 |
322,879,000 |
+16,013,000 |
23% |
248,617,000 |
0.955 |
1996 |
262,760,639 |
326,709,000 |
+3,830,000 |
27% |
238,498,000 |
0.907 |
1997 |
265,179,411 |
327,460,000 |
+1,751,000 |
28% |
235,771,000 |
0.890 |
1998 |
267,636,061 |
340,466,000 |
+13,006,000 |
30% |
238,326,000 |
0.890 |
1999 |
272,690,813 |
374,631,000 |
+34,165,000 |
31.5% |
267,108,215 |
0.979 |
2000 |
280,000,000
estimate |
382,594,000 |
+7,963,000 |
33% |
256,338,000 |
0.661 |
2001 |
286,345,000 |
409,029,000 |
+26,435,000 |
32% |
278,139,720 |
0.979 |
Why is recycle important?
Recycling is important, because it is a great way to control waste disposal problems. It reserves our resources like the forest and mineral for the future generations to enjoy. Recycle expert says that three cubic yards of landfill space are saved for every ton of paper recovered for recycling. Believe it or not, recycling paper supplies over thirty eight percent of the total fiber usage in the United States today.
Why can’t we make all the paper we need by recycling?
It will be nice to make all the paper we need by recycling. So we would never have to cut down another tree. Unfortunately, the word’s demand for paper is just too much to depend only on recycling. Furthermore, wood fibers can only be recycled 5-7 times before they become unusable to make into paper again.
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United States Recycling Statistics
