This statistic represents materials recovered from municipal solid waste as a percentage of the total amount of municipal waste recovered in the United States in 2014. That year, 34 percent of metals were recovered.
Percentage of selected materials recovered from U.S. municipal solid waste in 2014
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Environmental Protection Agency. (December 1, 2016). Percentage of selected materials recovered from U.S. municipal solid waste in 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186316/us-municipal-solid-waste-durable-goods-recovered/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Percentage of selected materials recovered from U.S. municipal solid waste in 2014." Chart. December 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186316/us-municipal-solid-waste-durable-goods-recovered/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). Percentage of selected materials recovered from U.S. municipal solid waste in 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186316/us-municipal-solid-waste-durable-goods-recovered/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Percentage of Selected Materials Recovered from U.S. Municipal Solid Waste in 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186316/us-municipal-solid-waste-durable-goods-recovered/
Environmental Protection Agency, Percentage of selected materials recovered from U.S. municipal solid waste in 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186316/us-municipal-solid-waste-durable-goods-recovered/ (last visited May 06, 2024)
Percentage of selected materials recovered from U.S. municipal solid waste in 2014 [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, December 1, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186316/us-municipal-solid-waste-durable-goods-recovered/