What's In Our Trash | Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste | Wastes | US EPA - 0 views
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Leanne Carmany on 18 Jan 12Table of Trash Types and Percentages Trash Type Percentage Tonnage paper 40.4% 71.6 million tons yard trimmings 17.6% 31.6 million tons metals 8.5% 15.3 million tons plastics 8.0% 14.4 million tons food scraps 7.4% 13.2 million tons glass 7.0% 12.5 million tons other 11.6% 20.8 million tons (e.g., rubber, leather, textiles, wood, miscellaneous inorganic wastes)
