Solid Waste - An Introduction
Use the resources at the bottom of this page to answer the following questions.
- What types of waste are considered solid waste (give examples)?
- What types of waste would not be considered solid waste (give examples)?
- What are the most common types of solid waste?
- Where does most solid waste come from?
- How much solid waste do we produce (total in the US, per person)
- How does this compare to people in other coutntries?
Resources
- Talkin' Trash
- Information about what solid waste is and how it is disposed of.
- 1998 State
of the Nation's Waste
- How much waste we produce and links to waste data for all fifty states.
- Municipal
Solid Waste Characterization Report
- Follow the link to data about types and amounts of waste generated in the
US from 1960 - 1995.