DESCRIPTIVE RECORD


TITLE

Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in The United
States: 1995 Update


IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 

EPA/530-R-96-001
PB96-152 160 (NTIS)


ABSTRACT

This report, the latest in an ongoing series, describes the
national waste stream based on data collected from 1960
through 1994. The historical perspective provided by the
data is useful for establishing trends in types of municipal
solid waste (MSW) generated and in the ways that MSW is
managed. This report includes information on: (1) MSW
generation, recovery, and disposal from 1960 to 1994; (2) 
per capita generation and discard rates; (3)
residential/commercial portions of MSW generation; (4)
trends in MSW management, including recovery for recycling
and composting, as well as combustion and landfilling, from
1960 to 1994; (5) the role of source reduction in MSW
management; (6) projections for MSW generation and
management through 2010; and (7) potential climate change
implications of various MSW strategies. EPA plans to provide
annual updates to this report.


CONTROLLED VOCABULARY


LOCAL SUBJECT INDEX

Municipal Solid Waste, MSW, Source Reduction, MSW
Generation, Recovery of Materials, Combustion, MSW Disposal,
MSW Management, Waste Stream, Recycling


ORIGINATOR

Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division (5306W)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460


POINT OF CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
RCRA/Superfund Hotline
703 412-9810 or TDD 703 412-3323 (hearing impaired).
Long-distance callers may call 800 424-9346 or TDD 800
553-7672.


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DOCUMENT SIZE

164,525 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 1 page (cover)
15,740 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 7 pages (contents)
444,870 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 139 pages (text)
204,534 bytes (ASCII), 84 pages


COVERAGE

Limited to the United States


CATALOGING SOURCE

Communications Services Branch (5305W)
Office of Solid Waste
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC  20460


LAST DATE MODIFIED

March 1996


SUNSET DATE

March 2001


AVAILABILITY:  

For paper copies of the Executive Summary (EPA/530-S-96-001)

Call: 

RCRA/Superfund Hotline
703/412-9810 or TDD 703/412-3323 (hearing impaired)
Long distance callers may call 800 424-9346 or TDD 800
553-7672

Write:

RCRA Information Center 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW (5305W)
Washington, DC 20460
E-Mail: rcra-docket@epamail.epa.gov

For paper copies of the full report (EPA/530-R-96-001)

Call:

NTIS at 1-703-487-4650

Write:

National Technical Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161         
   Order Number - PB96-152 160


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