This statistic represents the shipping of waste and scrap in the United States in 2015, by transport mode and weight. Here, just under 600 million tons worth of waste and scrap was transported by truck in 2015.
U.S. waste and scrap freight movement mode share in 2015, by weight of shipments
(in 1,000 tons)
Manipulate tool to retrieve data. According to the source, the information reflects total flows moved between domestic origins and destinations and includes both domestic and foreign shipments. The origin of the flow is the zone of entry. Mode of transportation for this tabulation is the mode used from zone of entry to the domestic destination, domestic origin to domestic destination, and domestic origin to zone of exit.
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Federal Highway Administration, & ORNL, & Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (December 1, 2016). U.S. waste and scrap freight movement mode share in 2015, by weight of shipments (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/645341/us-movement-waste-scrap-mode-share-by-tonnage/
Federal Highway Administration, und ORNL, und Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "U.S. waste and scrap freight movement mode share in 2015, by weight of shipments (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. December 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/645341/us-movement-waste-scrap-mode-share-by-tonnage/
Federal Highway Administration, ORNL, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2016). U.S. waste and scrap freight movement mode share in 2015, by weight of shipments (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/645341/us-movement-waste-scrap-mode-share-by-tonnage/
Federal Highway Administration, and ORNL, and Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "U.S. Waste and Scrap Freight Movement Mode Share in 2015, by Weight of Shipments (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/645341/us-movement-waste-scrap-mode-share-by-tonnage/
Federal Highway Administration & ORNL & Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. waste and scrap freight movement mode share in 2015, by weight of shipments (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/645341/us-movement-waste-scrap-mode-share-by-tonnage/ (last visited November 19, 2024)
U.S. waste and scrap freight movement mode share in 2015, by weight of shipments (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], Federal Highway Administration, & ORNL, & Bureau of Transportation Statistics, December 1, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/645341/us-movement-waste-scrap-mode-share-by-tonnage/
