TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SMALL CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR PLANET! UNITED STATES IN 2017, IN THE 267.8 MILLION TONS OF TRASH WERE WERE GENERATED GENERATED ENDED UP IN LANDFILLS 139.6 MILLION TONS BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, THE RECYCLING, COMPOSTING COMBUSTION WITH ENERGY RECOVERY, AND LANDFILLING OF MSW HAS CHANGED. 3.66 LBS IN 1980 4.51 LBS IN 2017 < 10% IN 1980 35.2 % IN 2017 WHILE THE AMOUNT OF MSW PRODUCED WENT UP PER PERSON PER DAY, RECYCLING HAS ALSO INCREASED. ALMOST FIVE TIMES AS MUCH AS IN 1990. IN 2017, OVER 24 MILLION TONS OF YARD TRIMMINGS WERE COMPOSTED... FROM 145.3 MILLION THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WHILE THE U.S. POPULATION INCREASED MSW GOING TO LANDFILLS DROPPED TO 139.6 MILLION TONS REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MATERIALS YOU USE, WHICH REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF WASTE YOU CREATE. REUSE MATERIALS WHEN POSSIBLE RECYCLE WHENEVER POSSIBLE YOU THROW AWAY RETHINK THE MATERIALS AND THOSE YOU USE WHEN YOU THROW SOMETHING AWAY, WHERE DOES IT GO? MSW DOES NOT INCLUDE INDUSTRIAL, HAZARDOUS, OR CONSTRUCTION WASTE. YOU CAN DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRASH THAT IS THROWN AWAY BY TAKING A FEW EASY STEPS: BY THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE’RE USING AND HOW TO REDUCE THE WASTE WE PRODUCE, WE CAN HELP CREATE A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT. WHAT IS MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW)? DID YOU KNOW? ABOUT 75% OF FOOD ABOUT 75% OF FOOD ENDED UP IN LANDFILLS ENDED UP IN LANDFILLS THAT COULD BE COMPOSTED 94 MILLION TONS OF MSW. 94 MILLION TONS OF MSW. AND COMPOSTED NATIONALLY, WE RECYCLED IN 2017, THE IMPACT RECYCLING HELPS TO CREATE CLEANER LAND, AIR, AND WATER, AND BETTER HEALTH. OUR PROGRESS IN STORES: • Shop for products made with recycled materials. • Buy items with less packaging. • Buy refillable, reusable containers. • Bring your own bags to the store. AT HOME: IN STORES: • Shop for products made with recycled materials. • Buy items with less packaging. • Buy refillable, reusable containers. • Bring your own bags to the store. • Use bags that you already have in your home and recycle bags • Ask to be removed from paper mailing lists. • Don't throw anything away that can be reused or repaired. • For unwanted used electronics, try upgrading the device to continue using it. Otherwise, donate or recycle it. • Print on both sides of paper (and use recycled paper) • Compost your food scraps and yard waste. HOW YOU CAN HELP 1990 2017 . MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY! If we all take small steps every day to reduce the amount of waste we produce, we can help protect the planet for generations to come. For more information, visit www.epa.gov/recycle. TRASH, OR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, OUR RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING HELPS SAVE NATURAL RESOURCES. OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, THE RECYCLING, COMPOSTING, COMBUSTION WITH ENERGY RECOVERY, AND LANDFILLING OF MSW HAS CHANGED. that you no longer need if they can be recycled. Facts and Figures 2017. For more information, visit https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling This information is based on data from EPA’s Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: IS COMPRISED OF VARIOUS MATERIALS CONSUMERS CONTINUOUSLY THROW AWAY AFTER BEING USED. TRASH, OR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, OUR IS COMPRISED OF VARIOUS MATERIALS CONSUMERS CONTINUOUSLY THROW AWAY AFTER BEING USED. or do not print at all. UNITED STATES IN 2017, IN THE 267.8 MILLION TONS OF TRASH ENDED UP IN WHILE THE U.S. POPULATION INCREASED AT HOME: • Use bags that you already have in your home and recycle bags • Ask to be removed from paper mailing lists. • Don't throw anything away that can be reused or repaired. • For unwanted used electronics, try upgrading the device to continue using it. Otherwise, donate or recycle it. • Print on both sides of paper (and use recycled paper) • Compost your food scraps and yard waste. or do not print at all. that you no longer need if they can be recycled. • Buy only what you need or what you know you will use (applies to food as well). • Buy only what you need or what you know you will use (applies to food as well).
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TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCETOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCESMALL CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR PLANET!SMALL CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR PLANET!
UNITED STATES IN 2017,
IN THE
267.8 MILLION TONS
OF TRASH
WEREWEREGENERATEDGENERATED
ENDED UP IN LANDFILLS
139.6139.6 MILLION TONS
MILLION TONS
BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TOBUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO
OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, THE RECYCLING, COMPOSTINGCOMBUSTION WITH ENERGY RECOVERY,AND LANDFILLING OF MSW HAS CHANGED.
3.66 LBS IN 1980
4.51 LBS IN 2017
<10% IN 1980 35.2 %
IN 2017
WHILE THE AMOUNT OF
MSW PRODUCED WENT UP PER PERSON PER
DAY, RECYCLING HAS ALSO INCREASED.
WHILE THE AMOUNT OF
MSW PRODUCED WENT UP PER PERSON PER
DAY, RECYCLING HAS ALSO INCREASED.
ALMOSTFIVE TIMES AS
MUCH AS IN 1990.
ALMOSTFIVE TIMES AS
MUCH AS IN 1990.
IN 2017, OVER 24 MILLION TONS OF YARD TRIMMINGS WERE COMPOSTED...
IN 2017, OVER 24 MILLION TONS OF YARD TRIMMINGS WERE COMPOSTED...
FROM 145.3 MILLIONFROM 145.3 MILLION
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
MSW GOING TO LANDFILLS DROPPED
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
WHILE THE U.S. POPULATION
INCREASED
MSW GOING TO LANDFILLS DROPPED
TO 139.6MILLION TONSTO 139.6MILLION TONS
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MATERIALS YOU USE, WHICH
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MATERIALS YOU USE, WHICH
REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF WASTE YOU CREATE.
REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF WASTE YOU CREATE.
REUSE MATERIALS WHEN POSSIBLE
REUSE MATERIALS WHEN POSSIBLE
RECYCLE WHENEVER P O S S I B L E
RECYCLE WHENEVER P O S S I B L E
YOUTHROW AWAY
YOUTHROW AWAY
RETHINKTHE MATERIALSRETHINKTHE MATERIALS
AND THOSE
AND THOSE
YOU USE YOU USE
WHEN YOU THROW SOMETHING AWAY, WHERE DOES IT GO?
WHEN YOU THROW SOMETHING AWAY, WHERE DOES IT GO?
MSW DOES NOT INCLUDE INDUSTRIAL, HAZARDOUS, OR CONSTRUCTION WASTE.
MSW DOES NOT INCLUDE INDUSTRIAL, HAZARDOUS, OR CONSTRUCTION WASTE.
YOU CAN DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRASH
THAT IS THROWN AWAY BY TAKING A FEW EASY STEPS:
YOU CAN DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRASH
THAT IS THROWN AWAY BY TAKING A FEW EASY STEPS:
BY THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE’RE USING AND HOW TO REDUCE THE WASTE WE PRODUCE, WE CAN HELP
CREATE A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT.
BY THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE’RE USING AND HOW TO REDUCE THE WASTE WE PRODUCE, WE CAN HELP
CREATE A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT IS MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW)? WHAT IS MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE (MSW)?
DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW?
ABOUT
75% OF FOOD
ABOUT
75% OF FOOD
ENDED UP IN LANDFILLS
ENDED UP IN LANDFILLSTHAT COULD BE
COMPOSTEDTHAT COULD BE COMPOSTED
94 MILLIONTONS OF MSW.94 MILLIONTONS OF MSW.
ANDCOMPOSTEDNATIONALLY,
WE RECYCLEDNATIONALLY, WE RECYCLED
IN 2017,IN 2017,
THE IMPACTTHE IMPACTRECYCLING HELPS TO CREATE CLEANER LAND,
AIR, AND WATER, AND BETTER HEALTH.RECYCLING HELPS TO CREATE CLEANER LAND,
AIR, AND WATER, AND BETTER HEALTH.
OUR PROGRESSOUR PROGRESS
IN STORES:• Shop for products made with recycled materials.
• Buy items with less packaging.
• Buy refillable, reusable containers.
• Bring your own bags to the store.
AT HOME:
IN STORES:
• Shop for products made with recycled materials.
• Buy items with less packaging.
• Buy refillable, reusable containers.
• Bring your own bags to the store.
• Use bags that you already have in your home and recycle bags
• Ask to be removed from paper mailing lists.
• Don't throw anything away that can be reused or repaired.
• For unwanted used electronics, try upgrading the device to continue using it. Otherwise, donate or recycle it.
• Print on both sides of paper (and use recycled paper)
• Compost your food scraps and yard waste.
HOW YOU CAN HELPHOW YOU CAN HELP
1990
2017
.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY!MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY!If we all take small steps every day to reduce the amount of waste we produce, we can help protect the planet for generations to come.
For more information, visit www.epa.gov/recycle.
If we all take small steps every day to reduce the amount of waste we produce, we can help protect the planet for generations to come.
For more information, visit www.epa.gov/recycle.
TRASH, OR
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE,
OUR
RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING HELPS SAVE NATURAL RESOURCES.RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING HELPS SAVE NATURAL RESOURCES.
OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, THE RECYCLING, COMPOSTING,COMBUSTION WITH ENERGY RECOVERY,AND LANDFILLING OF MSW HAS CHANGED.
that you no longer need if they can be recycled.
Facts and Figures 2017. For more information, visithttps://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling
This information is based on data from EPA’s Advancing Sustainable Materials Management:
IS COMPRISED OF VARIOUSMATERIALS CONSUMERSCONTINUOUSLY THROW
AWAY AFTER BEING USED.
TRASH, OR
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE,
OUR
IS COMPRISED OF VARIOUSMATERIALS CONSUMERSCONTINUOUSLY THROW
AWAY AFTER BEING USED.
or do not print at all.
UNITED STATES IN 2017,
IN THE
267.8 MILLION TONS
OF TRASH
ENDED UP IN
WHILE THE U.S. POPULATION
INCREASED
AT HOME:• Use bags that you already have in your home and recycle bags
• Ask to be removed from paper mailing lists.
• Don't throw anything away that can be reused or repaired.
• For unwanted used electronics, try upgrading the device to continue using it. Otherwise, donate or recycle it.
• Print on both sides of paper (and use recycled paper)
• Compost your food scraps and yard waste.
or do not print at all.
that you no longer need if they can be recycled.
• Buy only what you need or what you know you will use (applies to food as well).
• Buy only what you need or what you know you will use (applies to food as well).
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