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Glass: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of glass materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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Ferrous Metals: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of ferrous metals materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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Aluminum: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of aluminum materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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Construction and Demolition Debris: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of Construction and Demolition (C&D) materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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Documents of Sunoco Incorporated-R&M Eagle Point Refinery in Westville, New Jersey
Documents of Sunoco Incorporated-R&M Eagle Point Refinery in Westville, New Jersey
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Infographic about Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States in 2018
This document graphically explains how much waste was generated in the U.S. in 2018, and what happens to it (how much is sent to a landfill, how much is composted, how much is recycled, etc.).
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Rubber and Leather: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of rubber and leather materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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Textiles: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of textile materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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Wood: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of wood materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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Yard Trimmings: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, composting, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of yard trimming materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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Miscellaneous Inorganic Wastes: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, composting, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of Miscellaneous Inorganic Wastes materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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A to Z Directory for the Facts and Figures Report about Materials, Waste and Recycling
This is a comprehensive list of the content available and maintained on the EPA's facts and figures web site, listed alphabetically.
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National Overview: Facts and Figures on Materials, Wastes and Recycling
These pages show the generation, recycling, composting, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of the materials and products studied from 1960 through 2014. These pages also show recycling and composting trends from 1960 to 2014.
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Frequent Questions regarding EPA’s Facts and Figures about Materials, Waste and Recycling
This page has a list of frequent questions to serve as a resource for our stakeholders.
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State and Local Data about Materials, Waste and Recycling
This page has links to EPA's pages on state and local waste characterization studies, and the data measurement sharing program.
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Other Nonferrous Metals: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of other non-ferrous metals, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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Documents of Southland Corporation in Great Meadows, New Jersey
Documents of Southland Corporation in Great Meadows, New Jersey
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Documents of Standard T Company Incorporated in Linden, New Jersey
Documents of Standard T Company Incorporated in Linden, New Jersey
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About the 2018 Food Recovery Challenge National Award Winners
About the 2018 Food Recovery Challenge National Award Winners
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About the 2019 Food Recovery Challenge National Award Winners
this page contains success stories from the 2019 winners