As of 2022, Connecticut generated the least landfill waste per person of any state in the country, with just 8.7 tons of waste being sent to landfills. Massachusetts, which ranked second, generated 16.3 tons of landfill waste per capita that year.
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Visual Capitalist. (July 14, 2022). Least trash in landfills per capita in the United States in 2022, by select state (in tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/
Visual Capitalist. "Least trash in landfills per capita in the United States in 2022, by select state (in tons)." Chart. July 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/
Visual Capitalist. (2022). Least trash in landfills per capita in the United States in 2022, by select state (in tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/
Visual Capitalist. "Least Trash in Landfills per Capita in The United States in 2022, by Select State (in Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/
Visual Capitalist, Least trash in landfills per capita in the United States in 2022, by select state (in tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Least trash in landfills per capita in the United States in 2022, by select state (in tons) [Graph], Visual Capitalist, July 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/