In Connecticut we dispose of about 4 pounds of trash per resident, per day, and recycle the rest. That means that each of us is sending about ¾ ton of trash to be burned or buried each year. In 2020 Connecticut generated about 3.5 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW). About 1.25 million tons of that was diverted through recycling or composting leaving about 2.3 – 2.5 million disposed. About 87% of CT’s MSW is disposed in one of CT’s waste-to-energy combustion facilities. CT has the lowest rate of landfill of any state. Source: Connecticut Coalition for Sustainable Materials Management.