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Circular File: Change in the Air

Published Friday, May 01, 2009

Americans generated 254 million tons of municipal solid waste in 2007. We also generated another 250 million tons of other non-hazardous solid waste, such as construction and demolition debris. Private and public sector operations collect and process these materials for recycling, composting or disposal in landfills and waste-to-energy facilities. This provides an essential public health and environmental service. Yet, even as we seek to do well, we also leave a carbon footprint on the environment. This footprint includes a small amount of greenhouse gases (GHG). According to EPA, total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 7150.1 teragrams of carbon ...

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