Landfill Statistics?

Question

Where can I find statistics in the volume of municipal solid waste produced annually (in the domestic U.S. or globally)?

Answer 1

Earth 911, EPA, Waste Mangemant, you state home page, google

Answer 2

You may have some luck at this address:

http://www.epa.gov/msw/faq.htm

I tried to find the size of the average US landfill yesterday, and had no luck.  However, this may be a good jumping off point for you.  Good luck!

--J

http://badhuman.wordpress.com

Answer 3

A search engine.

I just did a search on "annual MSW united states" and the first thing that popped up was EPA statistics on municipal solid waste from 1960 to 2006, including generation rates.

Enjoy

Answer 4

Those numbers are astronomical.

A municipal solid waste facility is only one level of solid and toxic waste disposal in the U.S. A municipal landfill is usually monitored by a town or county authority. A County or City Landfill is usually monitored by them and the State and EPA.

I know that one County landfill, in an area that has 3 Solid Waste landfills, can fill up 11.5 Acres Squared within a year. This is about 1100 x 980, then they go about 300 feet into air space of Compacted trash.

Tons are established by daily counts.

You will look under Landfill, Solid Waste, Model Landfills, Trash, reclamation centers, and recycling plants.

Go to your State Website, go to the agency who monitors pollution or environmental quality of your State, then go to their website. On their website, there are usually multi-media listed; air, water, solid waste, haz waste, asbestos etc. Look under Solid waste, and usually those numbers are listed.

If your State agency is helpful they will have someone who may help you get the numbers you are seeking. For the U.S., you would need stats from the E.P.A, for the Globe...who knows.