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

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Other Metals or Metal Objects

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