Regenerative Energie
Every two years, the Earth Engineering Center conducts a survey in collaboration with BioCycle on Waste Management of MSW in the United States. Each State is asked to submit data about the tons of MSW are recycled, composted, combusted and landfilled. As in a simple mass-balance, the total amount of MSW generated in the U.S. was calculated by adding up all the disposal tonnages while accounting for imported and exported waste. This year’s survey requested 2008 data (to allow sufficient data gathering by the states). The total amount of MSW generated was estimated to be 389 million tons, which corresponds to 1.28 million U.S. tons (1.16 metric tons) per capita. Of this, 18% was recycled, 6% was composted, 7% was combusted in WTE power plants, and 69% was landfilled. This presentation will describe the methodology used in this survey and the results obtained on various aspects of waste management in the U.S. in 2008.
NOTE: This is the PDF-version of the Power Point slides shown during the presentation at WTERT Bi-Annual Meeting 2010.
| Copyright: | © WtERT USA , Columbia University, Earth Engineering Center |
| Quelle: | WTERT Bi-Annual Meeting 2010 (Oktober 2010) |
| Seiten: | 19 |
| Preis: | € 9,50 |
| Autor: | Rob van Haaren Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis |
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