Recycling... What Difference Can One Person Make? Jamie R. Dean, B.S., M.S.Ed. Monroe County Solid Waste Coordinator

4.6 Pounds 254 Million Tons

4.6 Pounds

254 Million Tons

Municipal Solid Waste Generation in 2007 254 Million Tons Paper 33. 9% Glass 5.3% Metals 7.6% Plastics 11.7% Other 3.3% Food Scraps 12.4% Yard Trimmings 12.9 % Wood 5.5% Rubber, leather, and textiles 7.3% EPA 2006 Facts and Figures

Total Annual Waste Generation: 2.6 Billion Tons Waste Generation

How Waste is Managed Land Disposal 54.0% Combustion 12.6% Recovery 33.4% Combustion 12.6% MSW Management in the U.S. Recovery 33.4% Land Disposal 54% EPA 2007

Land Disposal

54.0%

Combustion

12.6%

Recovery

33.4%

Franklin Report 2003

What is being recycled in 2007? 85 Million Tons of MSW 54.5 % of all paper 64.3% of steel cans 64.1% of yard trimmings 99% of automobile batteries 28.0% of plastic milk and water bottles 48.6% of aluminum cans

54.5 % of all paper

64.3% of steel cans

64.1% of yard trimmings

99% of automobile batteries

28.0% of plastic milk and water bottles

48.6% of aluminum cans

Franklin Report 2003

Jamie R. Dean B.S., M.S.Ed. Monroe Coordinator [email_address] (734) 240-7909