Of the total metal waste generated in the United States' municipal solid waste stream in 2018, 34.1 percent was recycled. The recycling rate of aluminum that year was 17.2 percent, while ferrous metals had a recycling rate of 33.1 percent.
Recycling rates of metals in municipal solid waste in the United States from 1990 to 2018, by type*
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Statistics on Municipal solid waste in the U.S.
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Recycling
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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 23, 2021). Recycling rates of metals in municipal solid waste in the United States from 1990 to 2018, by type* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/249259/rate-of-metals-recovered-from-municipal-solid-waste-in-the-us/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Recycling rates of metals in municipal solid waste in the United States from 1990 to 2018, by type*." Chart. January 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/249259/rate-of-metals-recovered-from-municipal-solid-waste-in-the-us/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Recycling rates of metals in municipal solid waste in the United States from 1990 to 2018, by type*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/249259/rate-of-metals-recovered-from-municipal-solid-waste-in-the-us/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Recycling Rates of Metals in Municipal Solid Waste in The United States from 1990 to 2018, by Type*." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/249259/rate-of-metals-recovered-from-municipal-solid-waste-in-the-us/
Environmental Protection Agency, Recycling rates of metals in municipal solid waste in the United States from 1990 to 2018, by type* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/249259/rate-of-metals-recovered-from-municipal-solid-waste-in-the-us/ (last visited February 03, 2023)
Recycling rates of metals in municipal solid waste in the United States from 1990 to 2018, by type* [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, January 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/249259/rate-of-metals-recovered-from-municipal-solid-waste-in-the-us/