Average waste of amercan citizen?

Question

Average waste of amercan citizen?

Answer 1

41,500 pounds is about average in the United States for a household of 2 people over a year including newspaper, glass, plastic, aluminum and steel cans.14,500 pounds is about average for a household of two people over a year on fuel oil.16,290 pounds is about average for a household of two people over a year for electricity.11,000 pounds is about average for a household of two people over a year.14 percent waste every year for food that per household bought from groceries go to the garbage.

Answer 2

Define waste.

Answer 3

150

Answer 4

According to this excellent Garbage exhibit from the Annenberg Foundation, the average American generates four pounds of solid trash per day, for a grand total of 1,460 pounds per year.

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