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Methodology: EPA's Facts and Figures on Materials, Waste and Recycling

This page contains the methodology used to provide context and background on its statistics on materials, wastes and recycling in America.

Paper and Paperboard: Material-Specific Data

This page describes the generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of paper and paperboard materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.

Nondurable Goods: Product-Specific Data

This web page present EPA data on nondurable goods in our municipal solid waste. The numbers for each category cover recycling, generation, landfilling, composting, and combustion. These numbers are from 2014

Durable Goods: Product-Specific Data

This web page present EPA data on durable goods in our municipal solid waste. The numbers for each category cover recycling, generation, landfilling, composting, and combustion. These numbers are from 1960 to 2017.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.