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At a Glance I Location of
Recovery Plants: Planned and Existing Facdmes i Here is a quick glimpse of how the waste-to-enew
industg looks fiom a statistical point of view.
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Waste Disposal 1980 to 2000 Estimated municipal solid wastes 1986 - 160 million tons 2000 - 200 million tons
Current disfiosal Practices Landfilling-- 85%
Combustion - 5% Note: By the yeai- 208, 15% to 2% of aii solid waste will be disposed through com- bustion method, says the U.S. EPA.
- io%
W&e&emgy d&bosal Capac'ty 1988 - 60,000 tons per day 2000 - 250,000 tons per day
Disposal costs 1988 - $12 per ton 2000 - $100 to $150 per ton Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Private Firms
Source: 1988-89 Resource Recovery Yearbook
Materials Recovered Planned And Existing Facilities*
60.2
Ferrous Alumi lass Metals
Source: 1988-89 Resource Recovery Yearbook
.7.9
Other Metals or Metal Objects
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