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
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Environmental Protection Agency. (December 1, 2016). Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste combustion with energy recovery from 1970 to 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 26, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186282/us-municipal-solid-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery-since-1970/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste combustion with energy recovery from 1970 to 2014." Chart. December 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186282/us-municipal-solid-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery-since-1970/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2016). Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste combustion with energy recovery from 1970 to 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 26, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186282/us-municipal-solid-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery-since-1970/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Percentage of U.S. Municipal Solid Waste Combustion with Energy Recovery from 1970 to 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186282/us-municipal-solid-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery-since-1970/
Environmental Protection Agency, Percentage of U.S. municipal solid waste combustion with energy recovery from 1970 to 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186282/us-municipal-solid-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery-since-1970/ (last visited February 26, 2021)