Assertion: solid waste | /r/HasProperty | msw
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text: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
text: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
text: The total generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) in 2017 was 267.8 million tons (U.S. short tons, unless specified) or 4.51 pounds per person per day.
text: Check out our Energy Recovery from the Combustion of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) page for more information.
text: Construction and demolition (C&D) is a type of debris that is not included in municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: The main focus of the Facts and Figures report is measuring municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: Construction and Demolition (C&D) debris is a type of waste that is not included in municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: The main source of textiles in municipal solid waste (MSW) is discarded clothing, although other smaller sources include furniture, carpets, tires, footwear, and other nondurable goods such as sheets and towels.
text: Plastics are a rapidly growing segment of municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: This web page is a brief summary of yard trimming-specific data in municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: Glass is found in municipal solid waste (MSW), primarily in the form of containers such as beer and soft drink bottles; wine and liquor bottles; and bottles and jars for food, cosmetics and other products.
text: Estimates of food waste generated by industrial manufacturing and processing, and wholesale and distribution industries, is not included in this analysis as it is considered outside the scope of municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: Only a fraction of this is composted and reused, and over 90% of it is incinerated or landfilled, occupying nearly 7 million cubic yards of landfilled municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: All nonhazardous solid waste from a community that requires collection and transport to a processing or disposal site is called refuse or municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: In 2017, paper and paperboard (cardboard) materials comprised the largest component of municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: By weight, ferrous metals (iron and steel) are the largest category of metals in municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: The sources of wood in municipal solid waste (MSW) include furniture, other durable goods (e.g., cabinets for electronic equipment), wood packaging (crates, pallets) and some other miscellaneous products.
text: This section discusses rubber and leather in municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: EPA uses two categories to characterize the 267.8 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in 2017.
text: According to the EPA, in 2015 alone, about 262 million tons of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) were generated in the United States.
text: Refuse, or municipal solid waste (MSW), is nonhazardous solid waste from a community that requires collection and transport to a processing or disposal site.
text: Containers and packaging make up a major portion of municipal solid waste (MSW), amounting to 80.1 million tons of generation in 2017 (29.9 percent of total generation).
text: This web page provides an overview of data on containers and packaging in municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: This is the type of garbage that the EPA calls municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: For more comprehensive information on this category of municipal solid waste (MSW), see the 2016 and 2017 Data Tables on the Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures Report page.
text: Though incinerating municipal solid waste (MSW) is not yet feasible in the United States, it has been prolific in countries such as Denmark, Japan, and Switzerland where over two thirds of MSW is incinerated.
text: The category of miscellaneous inorganic wastes in municipal solid waste (MSW) in this analysis includes soil, bits of concrete, and stones.
text: Municipal solid waste (MSW), often called garbage, is used to produce energy at waste-to-energy plants and at landfills in the United States.
text: The waste materials that cause land pollution are broadly classified as municipal solid waste (MSW, also called municipal refuse), construction and demolition (C&D) waste or debris, and hazardous waste.
text: Waste transfer stations are facilities where municipal solid waste (MSW) is unloaded from collection vehicles.
text: The method of incineration to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) is a relatively old method of WtE generation.
text: Municipal solid waste (MSW) contain approximately the same mass fraction of carbon as CO
text: For more comprehensive information on this category of municipal solid waste (MSW), see the 2016 and 2017 Data Tables on the Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures Report page.
text: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), commonly called “
text: In 2015, the average American generated 4.5 lbs of municipal solid waste (MSW) each day, with only 1.6 lbs recovered for recycling or composting.
text: Glass makes up almost 5% of all municipal solid waste (MSW) in the US.
text: The garbage that is managed by local governments is known as municipal solid waste (MSW).
text: The recent upsurge of interest in composting the organic fractions of municipal solid waste (MSW) builds on largely successful efforts with composting yard trimmings, agricultural wastes, and sewage sludges.
text: Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the United States and rubbish in Britain, is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public.
text: Additionally, a variety of biomass and waste-derived feedstocks can be gasified, with wood pellets and chips, waste wood, plastics and aluminium, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Refuse-derived fuel (RDF), agricultural and industrial wastes, sewage sludge, switch grass, discarded seed corn, corn stover and other crop residues all being used.
text: The United States generates approximately 208 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) a year.
text: (Disposing of RMW costs up to 10 times more than disposing of municipal solid waste (MSW) and up to 30 times more than recycling.)