Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators
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more garbage than any other nationover 160 million tons of garbage each year or more than 1,200 pounds per person. EPA expects this to increase to more than 2,300 pounds of garbage per person each year within the next 1 2 years. Whether it is recycled, buried or burned, the fate of this refuse has major impacts on public health, the environment and the economy. United States citizens generate What's in Garbage? According to EPA, this is the general composition of household garbage: Paper and paperboard ........ 41.0% Yard wastes.. ................ 17.9% Metals ....................... 8.7% Glass ......................... 8.2% Rubber, leather,textiles, wood ... 8.1% Food wastes .................. 7.9% Plastic ....................... 6.5% Miscellaneous inorganic wastes ............ 1.6%
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