An estimated 62 percent of municipa...

An estimated 62 percent of municipal solid waste (MSW) was landfilled in 1993 according to the U Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in a recently-released 1994 update of its report upon municipal solid waste (MSW). The report, Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the United States, outlines disposal information forward a range of waste works and projects recovery rates by the and of the year 2000. It notes that 22 percent of MSW was cureed through recycling and composting in 1993 up from 16 percent in 1990 Of the remaining waste, 16 percent was incinerated.

In all, Americans generated 207 million tons --about 44 coops per person per day -- of MSW in 1993

EPA also estimates that, for the first time, MSW generation by means of person will decline by the year 2000 to 43 pulverizes per day. Tonnage is contriveed to increase to 218 million tons, nevertheless the agency is assuming the