Students: Basic Facts About Waste
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Learn about the amount and types of wastes produced by households, businesses, and industries. Find out how these wastes are managed to protect human health and the environment.
Glossary
of Waste Terms
Contains links to commonly used environmental terms, acronyms,
and abbreviations.
Facts
About Municipal Solid Waste and Recycling
Provides information and data about waste generation and recycling
in the United States.
What
You Can Do in Your Home and Community
Learn how you can reduce, reuse, and recycle materials around
your home and community. Also find some basic
facts about waste including laws and regulations.
Municipal
Solid Waste: Facts and Figures
Describes the type of materialspaper, glass, metals,
plasticthat make up our solid waste stream, and provides
information on recycling and composting treads in our country.