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Main Title Characterization of municipal solid waste in the United States : 1995 update.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste, RCRA Information Center ;
Year Published 1996
Report Number EPA 530-R-96-001; PB96152160
Stock Number PB96-152160
OCLC Number 34668513
Subjects Refuse and refuse disposal--United States--Analysis ; Refuse and refuse disposal--United States--Statistics
Additional Subjects United States ; Municipal wastes ; Solid wastes ; Solid waste management ; Solid waste disposal ; Waste recycling ; Waste streams ; Paper ; Glass ; Metals ; Aluminum ; Plastics ; Composts ; Inorganic materials ; Graphs(Charts) ; Tables(Data) ; Waste characterization ; Waste generation ; Yard wastes ; Food wastes
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=10000X73.PDF
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS6653
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified
Checkout
Status
EJBD  EPA 530-R-96-001 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 12/23/2013
EJDD  EPA530-R-96-001 Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD 02/15/1997
EKBD  EPA-530/R-96-001 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 05/10/1996
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 530-R-96-001 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023 DISPERSAL
EMBD  EPA/530/R-96/001 NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK 05/10/1996
ERAD  EPA 530/R-96-001 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 09/13/1996
ESAD  EPA 530-R-96-001 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB96-152160 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 137 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract This report is the most recent in a series of reports released by EPA characterizing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the U.S. It includes information on MSW generation, recovery, and discards from 1960 to 1994; per capita generation and discard rates; residential/commercial portions of MSW generation; trends in MSW management, including recovery for recycling and composting, as well as combustion and landfilling, from 1960 to 1994; the role of source reduction in MSW management; projections for MSW generation and management through 2010, including three scenarios for recovery; and an 'additional perspectives' chapter devoted to basic information on the potential climate change implications of various MSW management strategies. Appendices include material flows methodology and recovery scenarios for the years 2000 and 2010.
Notes "EPA530-R-96-001" --Cover. "PB96-152160"--Cover. "March 1996"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references.
Place Published Washington, D.C. :
Corporate Au Added Ent United States. Office of Solid Waste. RCRA Information Center.
PUB Date Free Form 1996.
NTIS Prices PC A08/MF A02
BIB Level m
Medium microform
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20041202120422
Language eng
Origin OCLC
Type MERGE
OCLC Rec Leader 01169cam 2200289Ka 45020