• U.S. municipal solid waste: percentage of combustion 2014

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This statistic represents the annual percentage of municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery from 1970 to 2014 in the United States. In 2014, 12.8 percent of waste generated was combusted in this way.

Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste combustion with energy recovery from 1970 to 2014

	Percentage of generation
1970	0.3%
1980	1.8%
1990	14.2%
2000	13.9%
2005	12.5%
2010	11.7%
2011	11.7%
2012	12.9%
2013	13%
2014	12.8%

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December 2016

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United States

Survey time period

1970 to 2014

Supplementary notes

Includes combustion with energy recovery of MSW in mass burn or refuse-derived fuel form, and combustion with energy recovery of source separated materials in MSW (e.g., wood pallets and tire-derived fuel). 2014 includes 29,540 MSW, 520 wood, and 3,080 tires (1,000 tons).

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