This statistic represents the municipal solid waste discards to landfill and other means of disposal between 1960 and 2014 in the United States. In 2014, 52.6 percent of all waste were discarded in these ways.
Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill between 1960 and 2014*
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Percentage of discards
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Environmental Protection Agency. (December 1, 2016). Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill between 1960 and 2014* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186299/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill between 1960 and 2014*." Chart. December 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186299/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill between 1960 and 2014*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186299/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Percentage of U.S. Municipal Solid Waste Discards to Landfill between 1960 and 2014*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186299/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/
Environmental Protection Agency, Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill between 1960 and 2014* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186299/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste discards to landfill between 1960 and 2014* [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, December 1, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186299/us-municipal-solid-waste-discards-to-landfill-since-1960/