This statistic represents the annual amount of municipal solid waste discards to landfill and other means of disposal from 1960 to 2014 in the United States. In 2014, about 135.9 million tons were discarded in these ways.
U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill from 1960 to 2014 (in million tons)*
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Environmental Protection Agency. (December 1, 2016). U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill from 1960 to 2014 (in million tons)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186278/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/
Environmental Protection Agency. "U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill from 1960 to 2014 (in million tons)*." Chart. December 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186278/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill from 1960 to 2014 (in million tons)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186278/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/
Environmental Protection Agency. "U.S. Municipal Solid Waste Discards to Landfill from 1960 to 2014 (in Million Tons)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186278/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/
Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill from 1960 to 2014 (in million tons)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186278/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill from 1960 to 2014 (in million tons)* [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, December 1, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186278/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/
