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Recycling rates are reported every two years. The latest figures are from 2007 and indicate that recycling and composting programs recovered 33% of municipal solid waste generated in the country or 85 million tons. On average, Americans generate 4.62 pounds of trash per person per day. In the Northeast approximately 84% of the population has access to curbside recycling programs at their home which is the highest rate in the country. For more information please consult the (Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States 2007 Facts and Figures update)
Use the links below to find out more about recycling in your community:
| Connecticut |
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection -
Connecticut Recycles
Waste Management
Bureau, Recycling Program 
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5127
(860) 424-3365 |
| Maine |
Maine State Planning Office
Waste
Management and Recycling Program
38 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
(800) 662-4545
(207) 287-8934 |
| Massachusetts |
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Recycling
Program
1 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 556-1021 |
| New Hampshire |
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Waste Management,
Solid Waste Technical Assistance Section
Concord, NH 03302
(603) 271-2900 |
| Rhode Island |
| Rhode Island Resource
Recovery Corporation
65 Shun Pike
Johnston, RI 02919
(401) 942-1430
RI Department of Environmental Management |
| Vermont |
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Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Waste
Management Division - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Center Building
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-0301
(800) 932-7100 |
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