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Managing Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: Trends and Projections

Explore historical population and waste trends, waste generation by product category, and waste management systems in the US. Learn about landfilling and federal standards shaping solid waste disposal.

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Managing Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: Trends and Projections

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  1. Figure 13.1 Historical population and waste generation and handling trends. (Source for waste generation trends: Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2005 Facts and Figures; Source for historical population trends: www.census.gov; Source for population projections in years beyond 2000: Census Release-T1, 2000.)

  2. Figure 13.2 Management of municipal solid waste in the United States, 2005. (Source: Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2005 Facts and Figures.)

  3. Figure 13.3 Waste generated by product category in the United States, 2005. (Source: Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2005 Facts and Figures.)

  4. Figure 13.4 Process overview for the United States environmental legislation.

  5. Figure 13.5 Municipal waste-generation rates of major countries. (Source: OECD, 2002.)

  6. Figure 13.6 MSW generation in the United States. (Source: Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2005 Facts and Figures.)

  7. Collection systems Hauled Collection System Large containers removed from generation site transported to disposal site Stationary Container System Containers remain at generation site Equipment Hoist trucks Tilt frame tricks Packers Dumpsters

  8. Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSWLF) A landfill s an engineered method of disposing of solid waste on land in a manner that protects the environment Federal MSWLF standards include:

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