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Materials recovery from U.S. municipal solid waste 1960-2015

Materials recycled and composted from U.S. municipal solid waste from 1960 to 2015 (in million tons)

The data describes the amount of materials recovered annually from solid municipal waste from 1960 to 2015 in the U.S. In 2015, some 91.2 million tons of materials in weight were recovered from municipal solid waste streams.

1960	5.61
1970	8.02
1980	14.52
1990	33.24
2000	69.46
2005	79.79
2010	85.43
2014	89.57
2015	91.16

Materials recovery from U.S. municipal solid waste 1960-2015

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