This statistic shows the amount of containers and packaging recovered from the U.S. municipal solid waste stream between 1960 and 2013. In 2000, 28.9 million tons of containers and packaging were recovered from the municipal solid waste stream in the United States.
Containers and packaging recovered in the U.S. municipal solid waste stream from 1960 to 2013
(in 1,000 tons)
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Recovery in thousand tons
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Environmental Protection Agency. (June 22, 2015). Containers and packaging recovered in the U.S. municipal solid waste stream from 1960 to 2013 (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186331/us-municipal-solid-waste-containers-and-packaging-recovered-in-2009/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Containers and packaging recovered in the U.S. municipal solid waste stream from 1960 to 2013 (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. June 22, 2015. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186331/us-municipal-solid-waste-containers-and-packaging-recovered-in-2009/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2015). Containers and packaging recovered in the U.S. municipal solid waste stream from 1960 to 2013 (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186331/us-municipal-solid-waste-containers-and-packaging-recovered-in-2009/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Containers and Packaging Recovered in The U.S. Municipal Solid Waste Stream from 1960 to 2013 (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186331/us-municipal-solid-waste-containers-and-packaging-recovered-in-2009/
Environmental Protection Agency, Containers and packaging recovered in the U.S. municipal solid waste stream from 1960 to 2013 (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186331/us-municipal-solid-waste-containers-and-packaging-recovered-in-2009/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Containers and packaging recovered in the U.S. municipal solid waste stream from 1960 to 2013 (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, June 22, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186331/us-municipal-solid-waste-containers-and-packaging-recovered-in-2009/