Sentences with phrase «total municipal solid waste»
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Polystyrene foodservice packaging — ya know, the stuff we drink our morning coffee out of and what our food comes in when we order takeout — accounts for about 0.4 percent, by weight, of the total one percent of polystyrene products generated in municipal solid waste.
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Polystyrene foodservice packaging — you know, the stuff we drink our morning coffee out of and what our food comes in when we order takeout — accounts for about 0.4 percent, by weight, of the total one percent of polystyrene products generated in municipal solid waste.
Industrial activities currently generate nearly 7.6 billion tons of solid waste in the U.S. each year, 3,000 % of the total municipal waste generated by Americans annually; on the other hand, electronic waste is currently the fastest growing solid waste stream, growing two to three times faster than any other waste stream.