Did you know?
Waste generation is increasing in Minnesota at the rate of 4 percent per year.
When you toss something in the garbage, it either goes to the landfill or the incinerator.
Today, much of the waste currently being landfilled or incinerated could have been reused, recycled or composted. Landfills and incinerators are expensive and what we can do to reduce the amount of trash will help reduce the cost of disposal.
Here are some important solid waste
and recycling facts:
- The amount of solid waste generated in the metro area over the last five years grew twice as fast as our population.
- Currently, each person in the metro area creates about seven pounds of waste per day. That’s enough to fill the Metrodome 11 times each year!
- About 1/3 of what we throw away at home is recyclable through the curbside programs. The majority of this is paper.
- Food waste is another 11 percent of what we throw away. Much of this can be composted at home.
(Facts provided by the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board)
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