Livestock waste created by large livestock operations generate more than 30 times more waste than humans. Yearly, the industry produces a total over 1.375 billion tons of waste. Environmental products and technologies corporation, a company focused on solving environmental problems while enhancing the productivity of farming operations in the United States, has come up with a system to remedy the amount of livestock waste. Their Closed Loop Waste Management System converts animal wastes into commercial quantities of a pathogen free, nutrient rich, soil building material. Systems like this one are a good example of the direction our country should be moving in when dealing with the waste we generate.
Hazardous wastes pose a danger to humans or other living organisms.
Management of radioactive and other hazardous wastes is subject to federal and state regulation. No satisfactory method has yet been demonstrated for disposing permanently of radioactive wastes. They reported that 208 million tons of municipal solid waste were generated in the United States. In addition 279 million tons of hazardous waste was generated in the United States. The landfill on Staten Island in New York City is one of the most amazing products of waste in the world.