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#Delegating Roles. #Being A Team - Bria Thakkar

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#Delegating Roles. #Being A Team - Bria Thakkar

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The roles are agreed on by all the Team Members.

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These are the key factors to follow in any Unit of Inquiry!

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This is all about our exhibition. It includes the central idea, the risks and our goal. This infographic will surely help in further achieving our plan and keep us on track.

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By Shanaya, Bria, Shlok, Irith, Ramesh, Kanishk (1)

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Mailing Mihir Kotecha - Shanaya Shanbhag

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Mailing Mihir Kotecha - Shanaya Shanbhag

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Plan: 18th Feb-12th March - Bria Thakkar

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Plan: 18th Feb-12th March - Bria Thakkar

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This is a plan suggestion for 18th Feb - 12th March.
A suggested date for me is 12th March to be the final staging of the Exhibition.
Please add your views.
We can show this to Preety Ma'am and she can assist us in the same.

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Go AIste!
We dream to make AIste one of the most profound Waste Management Companies!

With human involvement, and of course, our tech-buddies, we have high hopes in making AIste and Co. a success!

Our Group: Bria Thakkar, Shanaya Shanbhag, Shlok Sharma, Irith Patel, Ramesh Galani, Kanishk Kothari

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Mrs. Preety Kochhar Ma'am ~ Shanaya Shanbhag & Bria Thakkar

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Mrs. Preety Kochhar Ma'am ~ Shanaya Shanbhag & Bria Thakkar

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Preety Ma'am has encouraged us to move forward in this exciting journey of the PYP Exhibition.
She is not only our mentor, but also our Friend, Professor and Guide. She has supported and encouraged us on every Stepping Stone.
She is a vital mentor and we all appreciate her for her hard-work and positive mindset.

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AIste - Building a Tomorrow - Shlok & Ramesh

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AIste - Building a Tomorrow - Shlok & Ramesh

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Plan: 18th Feb-12th March - Bria Thakkar

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Plan: 18th Feb-12th March - Bria Thakkar

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This is a plan suggestion for 18th Feb - 12th March.
A suggested date for me is 12th March to be the final staging of the Exhibition.
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Q1. What is your essential question?

ANSWER - Depicted below are our essential questions:
1. How can we prevent waste from spreading immensely?
2. What are the causes, effects and solutions of waste?
3.

Q2. What is your authentic piece? How will you make your learning public?

ANSWER -  Our authentic piece is:
We will display our learning in the PYP Exhibition by using technology & human involvement. ~ Bria & Shanaya

Q3. What will you read, research and study to help explore your essential question?

ANSWER - We shall engage in multiple perspectives, research on trusted websites (.org, .edu, .gov) for facts and figures about the same.
Alongside that, we will explore, study and implement the MISO Brainstorming Tool. ~ Bria Thakkar

Q4. What are your goals for your free inquiry?

ANSWER - Preventing waste from spreading
Limit air pollution caused by waste gases
Manage waste using AI. ~ Shanaya Shanbhag

Working on the aspect of sustainability
Putting our creative & analytical skills to work!
~ Bria Thakkar

Q5. What learning evidence will you gather to capture everything you are learning?

ANSWER - Our learning evidence includes:
Documenting our work ~ Bria Thakkar
Websites used to research ~ Shanaya Shanbhag
Our process [Glimpses]
~ Bria Thakkar & Shanaya Shanbhag

Q6. What is your plan? Create a calendar and day-to-day plan to help your free inquiry be a successful experience.

ANSWER -

~ Irith Patel

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Bria- Main Presentation
Shanaya- Add-on Statistics
Shlok- Line Graph

Attached above is a Presentation on The Facts and Figures of Waste Management.
SUBJECT FOCUS: NUMERACY

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Delegation of Work [10th Feb, 23] - Bria Thakkar

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Delegation of Work [10th Feb, 23] - Bria Thakkar

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Bria & Shanaya - Free Inquiry Proposal
Shlok - SDGs Cartoon Animations & Poster
Irith - Calendar [day-to-day plan]
Ramesh - Provocation Video
Kanishk - Provocation Video

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Displayed above are the:
'4 Pillars Of Inquiry'
We, AIste are aiming for a goal!
Wish us luck!!!

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Every inquiry concept needs an organised manner to proceed further in. Once the inquiry is over, we take Action! Action should also be taken ahead in a systematic manner. Displayed above is a workbook which provides the step-by-step structure of delving into an inquiry and taking action!

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Learner Profile Attributes & ATL Skills - Bria Thakkar

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Learner Profile Attributes & ATL Skills - Bria Thakkar

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Something that we become, that we imbibe, are Learner Profile Attributes & Approaches To Learning {ATL} Skills!
Displayed above are the Learner Profiles and ATL Skills that we will entirely try to imbibe!

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The Very New: SDG 18 - Waste Management ~ Shanaya Shanbhag

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The Very New: SDG 18 - Waste Management ~ Shanaya Shanbhag

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To further elaborate, we must know the steps to be taken. Above is an infographic which will help us know on which step we are.

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Dated: 10th February, 2023
Day: Friday
Time: 6:00 pm IST

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SDGs [Animations highlighted] - Shlok Sharma

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SDGs [Animations highlighted] - Shlok Sharma

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The Sustainable Development Goals assisted us in viewing a clearer picture regarding the KEY Factors of our Unit Of Inquiry. Shlok has highlighted the ones to follow using an innovative tool: {Canva} Animations

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Dated: 12th February, 2023
Day: Sunday
Time: 4:30 pm IST

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Dated: 13th February, 2023
Day: Monday
Time: 9:00 pm IST

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MAIN - Unit Of Inquiry
Transdisciplinary theme: How we express ourselves
Unit name: AIste

1. Literacy -
2. Drama - Skit, an engaging mode of learning!
3. Hindi - Story on Waste Management
4. Numeracy - Statistics, facts and figures
5. Visual Arts and ICT -
Action: Spreading Awareness:  Posters, Placards & Social Media

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Our New Learning Pit ~ Shanaya Shanbhag -                Dated: 25/2/23       

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Everyone is at a certain level based on contribution. The people high up will surely help the people who are down. This way we can all be at the same level and delegate with the same amount.

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LOI 1- The causes and effects of increasing waste.
Key Concept: Causation
Members: Bria and Shlok

LOI 2- Preventing, limiting and managing waste using AI.
Key Concept: Function
Members: Ramesh and Kanishk

LOI 3- Taking initiative by changing human mindset and physical society.
Key Concept: Responsibility
Members: Shanaya and Irith

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Compost waste
Use paper bags instead of plastic bags
Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle.
Use AI waste segregating bins
Stop overproduction
Join campaigns
Limit usage of paper
Waste can be used to convert into electricity
Maximize the number of waste powered transport
Use air purifying systems
Last but not the least Spread awareness

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Action: Solutions - Bria Thakkar and Shlok Sharma

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Action: Solutions - Bria Thakkar and Shlok Sharma

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PERSONAL LEVEL:
1. Use the 7 r's

2. Reusing Device Parts

3. Improving Human Mindset

4. Use Composts [common idea]

LOCAL LEVEL:

1. Improving Human Mindset

2. Green Camps:

Kids make Best out of Waste. Adults Discuss ideas for a sustainable world.

3. Public Awareness:

Trash Can every km. That’s the most ease we can provide to citizens.

4. Alternative Method:

Animal Feeding [Only Kitchen Stuff]

GLOBAL LEVEL:

1. Air Purifying Tower:

Exists in Delhi, Chandigarh and Some Foreign Countries

2. Waste Powered Bus:
Runs on Bio waste

3. 100% Plastic-Based Furniture:

Method to REUSE [Inside The Items, Not Outer Shell]

4. Use Smart-Dustbins

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My Solutions - Final Link - Bria Thakkar

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My Solutions - Final Link - Bria Thakkar

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NOTE:
1. Personal Solution,
EG: compost etc...
2. Local Solution,
EG: bio plastic, plastic brick
3. Global Solution,
EG: bio plastic, plastic brick

THINGS TO DO:
1. Subject Focus           [only write; there in Exhibition Journal]
2. Essential Questions [only write; there in Exhibition Journal]
3. Skit Video & Playscript - LITERACY, DRAMA
4. Existing solutions can be used as part of theories for LOIs
6. Hindi Story on Waste Management     - HINDI
7. Statistics; facts and numerical figures - NUMERACY
8. ACTION: SPREADING AWARENESS    - VISUAL ARTS
Posters and Social Media

EACH ONE'S DEPARTMENTS:
1. Bria- Main Software & Creativity
2. Shlok- Multitasker
3. Shanaya- Creativity & Software
4. Irith- Helping Out and Day Plans
5. Ramesh- Provocation Video
6. Kanishk- Provocation Video

Note: Each One's Departments is decided and agreed by the group.

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Solutions- Final copy ~ Shanaya Shanbhag

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Solutions- Final copy ~ Shanaya Shanbhag

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LOI 1- The causes and effects of increasing waste.

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LOI 1- The causes and effects of increasing waste.

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LOI 3- Taking initiative by changing human mindset and physical society.

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LOI 3- Taking initiative by changing human mindset and physical society.

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Statistics - Animal death

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Wastes are the materials we come across in our day to day life. These are the substances that are not reusable or can be recycled for any further use. The waste materials can be in any form ranging from solids, liquids, or gasses. The waste substances are the leftovers of the stuff humans use and can be classified into domestic, clinical, construction, nuclear, industrial, agricultural, commercial, etc. Irrespective of any state, waste has different properties. It can either be toxic and hazardous or inflammable or flammable. To maintain the environment these waste products need to be treated. If left untreated, they pollute the environment giving rise to various infections and also lead to damaging the atmosphere.

History of Waste Management

The regular practice of throwing waste on the street was first forbidden during 320BCE in Athens. In early Rome, the waste disposal in front of any home was supposed to be cleared by the respective property owners. If a larger gathering concerning the state events was observed then it was the duty of the state authorities to organize proper waste collection and disposal.

Generally, the waste was dumped very near to the city in open pits but as the population started increasing, the waste disposal methods improved and waste was started to be transported to places which were far away from the cities into isolated areas to ascertain no harm to the society. During the medieval period, the effort that was put forth in the sanitization task considerably reduced.

In bigger cities, it was the duty of scavengers to collect the waste and dispose of waste in the exteriors of the cities but, in small towns, the people still used to dump waste on the streets. In the year 1714, the department concerning the waste disposal made sure that the scavenger was made official in every town and city of England. Though in the 18th-century, waste collection and segregation methods were still crude but yet the collection of garbage was carried out in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York cities of America.

Municipal Solid Waste and Causes of Solid Waste Pollution

The municipal solid waste is also called trash or garbage. This comprises all the items that are rejected and discarded in public. The solid waste consists of recyclable waste and non-recyclable waste. The different types in which the solid waste can be classified are:

The food waste from the kitchen: While most of the waste coming from the kitchen includes plant and animal waste that are biodegradable but it also includes plastic and paper that are hazardous and either they cannot be recycled or require special techniques to get rid of it.

Solid waste items including carton boxes, paper, tins, metal cans, aluminum in the form of foils, batteries, etc are a few of the solid waste that can be recycled.

Hazardous waste includes chemicals, paints, fertilizers, light bulbs, and batteries that pollute the environment.

The waste coming from hospitals and drug companies are also hazardous.

Waste from the construction that includes dust, cement, rocks, etc.

Some waste that is bound with two or more materials is included under composite waste and they need special treatment to be recycled.

Overpopulation, urbanization and the growing technology are among the few reasons for solid waste pollution. The rising population has led to the production of more waste, with every passing year people have several kinds of stuff to use and discard. Technology has a very vast impact on the growing population. Example, earlier there was the use of more glass jars and containers that were returned back to the supplier preventing from more wastage being formed, but now these glass materials are replaced with plastic and cans that cannot be recycled and are non-biodegradable and ultimately has given rise to more solid waste accumulation. Though this practice has eased the lives of the people, the rise of non-biodegradable waste has led to polluting the environment.

Characteristics of Solid Waste

The properties and characteristics of solid waste differ depending upon their source and structure. The two main criteria include hazardous waste and non-hazardous waste. The hazardous waste can cause damage to the individual or community on immediate exposure. The collection, treatment, or disposal of such waste require special techniques since if it is manhandled then it may cause serious health issues among the individuals that come in contact with it and damage the environment as well.

These are the waste generally coming from the construction areas or industries that deal with chemicals or any materials from hospital waste like syringes, bottles containing medicines, etc. such waste needs to be carefully handled since if not handled and disposed of properly can contaminate the whole of the area where it is dumped and also can disrupt the quality of the groundwater, lakes and other water sources.

Even the waste from any radioactive sources is also considered hazardous and frequent exposure to such waste can cause serious health issues among society and can also give rise to new diseases.

Few of the radioactive waste need many years before they completely decay therefore, the control of these waste is of utmost importance.

Some waste is also carcinogenic and some have the capacity to change the biological structure of the species. Such waste is also called mutagenic.

A number of chemical waste tend to change their property on exposure to the environment. These are called reactive waste. These might even cause explosions and are very dangerous while other wastes that can ignite in low temperatures might cause fire hazards. Most of the non-hazardous waste comes from the community and includes materials concerned with day to day life. These are also called the Municipal solid waste (MSW) or refuse.

These are also of two varieties that are the garbage and the rubbish. The garbage includes the waste items that can decompose basically the food waste. And the rubbish includes all the dry materials like wood, paper, etc that can be recycled. Another variety of rubbish is the trash that includes all the bigger items like sofa, refrigerators, etc and requires extra care while collecting and disposing of.

Effect of the Solid Waste Pollution on Environment

Nowadays the problem of solid waste pollution is more in developing countries rather than developed ones. If the solid waste is not managed properly then it might lead to more and more diseases.

There are several reasons why the management of solid waste is not done properly. Some of the reasons include:

Improper funding to dispose of the waste regularly and properly.

Absence of equipment to handle the solid waste.

Lack of proper awareness among the community.

Less social involvement in properly disposing of waste.

Less infrastructure from the respective government's side to make sure the solid waste is collected, transferred, and disposed of properly.

Along with particular municipal and community responsibilities even severe weather conditions also are equally responsible for improper waste handling.

Due to these Factors, Solid Waste Management is Poor and Leads To Several Environmental Problems Like:

The solid waste if not collected properly or if dumped in wrong places might lead to blocking of sewage and drain systems due to which the water is accumulated in places and will lead to the growth of various viruses and parasites causing rise to various diseases. This leads society to live in unhygienic conditions.

Waste dumping areas if not cleaned properly will make way for various organisms and flies and increase their population. This, in turn, causes an increase in the number of vectors for the spread of the diseases.

A lot of solid waste collection in an area and improper knowledge among the community might lead them to burn solid waste materials causing air pollution.

Discarding the plastic and polyethylene covers in the open will cause problems to the grazing animals who happen to ingest these materials. There are several cases of death reported of such animals due to this malpractice in recent years.

Solid waste is categorized differently and the collection and disposing of the method of every category of waste are different. Failing to follow this protocol can lead to the poisoning or injury of the scavengers who happen to collect this waste without proper knowledge. These kinds of problems are seen more in developing countries.

After a certain amount of time, there will be an escape of harmful fumes from the chemical waste if not cleaned and treated properly. This leads to polluting the surrounding environment thus affecting the life around.

The accumulation of garbage and trash in more quantity leads to the production of methane which is more potent than carbon dioxide.

There is a formation of the garbage patch in the pacific ocean due to the crude methods used by the humans in disposing of the waste. This is clear harm to the environment caused due to the abrupt methods of humans.

Solid Waste Management

Solid waste management includes the proper collection, transport, and treatment of the waste that can cause possible health hazards and disrupt the quality of the environment. Once the waste is collected from the source, it is further separated and segregated as per non-hazardous and recyclable objects and hazardous waste which needs to be processed, treated and disposed of accordingly.

Among all, management of radioactive waste is of utmost importance since the radioactive substances stay in the environment for thousands of years before they completely decay.

The transport of hazardous waste is generally done by the treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF). In recent years laws are passed for proper dumping of the respective waste to decrease the damage caused to the environment. The transports responsible for carrying these waste are labeled properly to make sure it is disposed of accordingly. Most of the time the hazardous waste is carried by trucks. The waste management follows two main criteria that are, firstly, the reduction of the production of waste at the source and secondary recycling of the waste such that it is useful in other domains. Once these criteria are observed, the leftover waste is properly disposed of.

The Disposal of Solid Waste Can Be Done By Methods Such As

Incineration: most of the solid waste is burned such that nothing is left except for ashes. A separate facility is built to do this job. A unit or incinerator is built with heavy-duty insulated substances such that it minimizes the production of external heat.

Composting: The method of composting is applicable for biodegradable waste where quality manure is formed by decomposing the solid waste. Using this manure improves the quality of soil as well. After composting, the formed matter is rich in nitrogen and carbon which helps in fertilizing the plants and crops.

Sanitary landfilling: In this, the garbage is distributed in thin layers and covered with clay such that there is no seepage of water post landfilling. This method gives rise to the production of methane that helps in generating electricity. It is a form of composting but on a larger scale.

Pyrolysis: This is decomposing organic materials by heat in the absence of oxygen. This method has its own limitation since creating an atmosphere completely void of oxygen is difficult.

Current Issues

Problems arose when the population boomed. As can be seen even today, when a patch of land becomes densely populated, like the erection of a multi-storeyed housing complex, the waste disposal becomes an issue that needs to be handled even as the construction of such a complex begins.

Conclusion

Solid waste is one of the major causes of pollution for our planet, putting at risk the life present on land and water bodies. Marine animals get trapped in pieces of plastic or other refuse. The harmful chemicals from the refuse thrown on land leeches into the soil, often contaminating the soil, fresh water bodies and vegetation grown in it. When humans and animals consume such contaminated water or vegetation, they suffer poisonous effects of varying degrees. To know more about the study materials, register at Vedantu.com.

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Causes of solid waste pollution are many. Every day, tons of solid wastes are disposed of at various landfills. These wastes come from various places such as schools, office complexes, industrial establishments, construction and demolition activities. One of the major causes of solid waste pollution can be attributed to various industries that manufacture numerous products. The actual amount of waste generated may vary by countries.

Examples of Solid Waste

Tyres

Scrap metal

Demolition wastes

Asbestos

Vehicle Scraps

Electronic appliances

Major Causes of Solid Waste Pollution

The following are some of the major factors that contribute to solid waste pollution:

Commercial establishments

Residential houses

Debris from construction and demolition

Debris from roads (such as asphalt and scrap metal)

Scrap from vehicles

Agriculture

Apart from the ones mentioned above, improper waste management is also one of the causes of solid waste pollution. Explore more about pollution or other related topics by registering at BYJU'S.
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How Our Trash Impacts the Environment - Earth Day

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Landfill - Causes, Effects and Solutions | understand Landfill problems and solutions

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Waste and recycling get's smart - moving towards smarter cities!

Rubicon Overview

AI and machine learning can help make difficult, time-consuming, and labor-intensive processes easier to do and potentially, economically viable. Rubicon Global uses AI to improve upon digital waste and recycling solutions for their customers. Rubicon operates globally and offers several different product solutions for their customers. Some include smart bins that notify the collection company when the bins are full and need to be picked up and data tracking systems to understand the true recycling rate in municipalities. As well, the company has entered into a partnership with Samsara to help with route optimization and other service optimization which are described in more detail below.

Rubicon sees 3 main technology trends affecting the waste and recycling sector today. The first, is the increasing use of IoT for asset tracking. The second, is route optimization. And the third is better recycling sorting using technology.

Creating Value

Rubicon helps cities and waste management collection companies create value by using AI, machine learning, and a vast array of sensors. To create this value, Rubicon has sensors mounted on various parts of the trash truck (including the breaks, steering wheel, and mechanical trash compacting parts). There are also cameras mounted on the truck that take in video feed. The tape is analyzed by AI-enabled image-recognition software to identify things on the road. Rubicon offers haulers an app that helps communicate the insights to drivers in real time and also a dashboard offering to help company management plan based on the insights.

They take this data and use AI-enabled analytics to reduce costs for cities by strategically picking up garbage only when needed which reduces fuel consumption, increasing collection rates which reduces redundant trash runs to pick up "missed" garbage collection, and also provides information directly to the city about the real-time status of the road conditions, graffiti, tree branches, and trash patterns among other data points. This service also helps municipalities better plan for reoccurring events such as parades, concerts, and protests to estimate the types of clean up they will need in advance instead of having to react to the clean-up requirements after the fact. They are also piloting a service to help identify when recycling has been mis-sorted to correctly inform and eventually fine households that continue to put excessive trash in the recycling streams.

The service also creates value for trucking companies that are part of / contract with the waste management ecosystem by reducing wear and tear on the equipment through a preventative maintenance program. The software helps trucks avoid areas with major road damage, further protecting equipment as well as provides safety updates and fuel metrics. By using AI and long-term data analytics, the company can better predict when a truck is going to be full and preemptively send out an additional truck to take over the route. This saves time, optimizes the process, reduces labor usage, and leads to higher customer satisfaction. Additionally, having more insight into what is in the incoming recycling stream allows MRFs (Materials Recovery Facilities) and other members of the value chain to also operate more efficiently by reorganizing their sorting lines, re-deploying labor to different sorting streams faster, and rejecting loads with too much garbage before sorting. All these improvements help improve margins for members across the value chain - making recycling more economical. This value creation also does social good in that by making recycling more economical, more companies and cities are likely to invest and use the recycling systems which is overall environmentally positive.

Making money

Rubicon charges haulers (waste management trucking companies) for the services and app at $190 per truck after a 3-month free trial. Most haulers actually use the app and companies (including their municipal stakeholders) find immense value in the app over those 3 months and typically convert into paying customers. When there are enough haulers in a city that sign up with Rubicon, municipalities are then more incentivized to buy a license for their whole city and their city's fleet. Contracts are often multi-year, insulating the company from competitors and building customer loyalty while also using the data to further develop and refine the AI technology.

Challenges

Municipalities have strict contract rules and guidelines they need to follow. Getting in and securing contracts with governments can be a lengthy process and often requires a highly defendable ROI to secure the contract. Thankfully for Rubicon, the company has many contracts that can gives new customers confidence in their product and its value creation potentials.

Challenges related to the AI include identifying trash from recycling as there is so much variance in what is coming through the stream, managing technology costs as higher accuracy AI involves faster frame capture which is more expensive even if it leads to higher accuracy, and pushback from incumbents who fear job losses/disruption in their industry if the city / company adopts Rubicon.

Opportunities

The company is likely going to expand their range to other municipality-based services such as snow plowing, road salting, street cleaning, water metering, identifying illegal dumping locations, and storm clean-up. They are able to leverage their on the ground route data collection with AI-enabled visual interpretation to provide on-the ground information for cities. Municipalities have limited resources and personnel to execute on all the city needs - often requiring some city services to be delayed for long periods of time leading to unhappy and inconvenienced constituents. Using technology and quickly identifying issues will help municipalities better serve their constituents and more effectively use their limited resources.

What's next?

The company is doing incredibly well and has both the funds and the technological capabilities to execute on many of their opportunities. As well, they have a well proven and tested ROI that makes customers trust and contract with them. They have very limited customer churn and are a leader in the space. All this leads me to believe that the sky is the limit for this company. They could partner with more advance technology and AI processers to make their products more efficient and better at recognizing objects/distinguishing objects from each other. They could also more aggressively pursue the complimentary opportunities outside of the recycling and waste management to get into "smart city" opportunities and become the go-to "smart city" software provider. Or.... they can move into outer space clean-up!

Sources

1. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rubicon-enters-technology-partnership-samsara-130000795.html

2. https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2022/04/11/rubicon-gives-garbage-trucks-a-side-hustle-data-collection

3. https://www.rubicon.com/blog/2020-predictions/

4. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/14/disrupting-the-waste-management-industry-through-technology-insights-from-rubicon/

5. https://www.lateralgroup.com/work/rubicon-global

6. https://aithority.com/saas/rubicon-enters-technology-partnership-with-samsara/

7. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/12/16/2353487/0/en/Rubicon-Technologies-the-Market-Leading-Innovator-in-Software-Based-Smart-Waste-and-Recycling-Solutions-to-Go-Public-Through-Merger-With-Founder-SPAC.html

8. https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/mars-rubicon-candy-wrapper-trick-or-treat-diversion-collection-campaign/

9. https://www.rubicon.com/corporate-citizenship/01-waste-and-the-circular-economy/

10. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=996b4d90-1581-44c4-a439-e16a6f4fdc04

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AI in waste/recycling management - smarter city services - Digital Innovation and Transformation

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Waste and recycling get's smart - moving towards smarter cities! AI and machine learning can help make difficult, time-consuming, and labor-intensive processes easier to do and potentially, economically viable. Rubicon Global uses AI to improve upon digital waste and recycling solutions for their customers. Rubicon operates globally and offers several different product solutions for their customers.

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Artificial intelligence is a tool used by people all over the world to empower humans to make informed decisions. With a responsible use of AI, humans are able to solve problems faster because artificial intelligence can process more information at a time than a human can.

As climate change, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility become of increased importance for brands across the globe, business, and communications professionals should keep an eye on how emerging technologies, like AI, are being used to solve real-world problems.

Some of the problems AI is solving today are right out of science fiction movies. Waste recognition, space junk, and sustainability are a few of the challenges that artificial intelligence is helping humanity tackle.

Waste Management

Many dystopian movies depict Earth covered in garbage. People live in slums surrounded by trash without anywhere else for it to go. Thankfully, with the help of companies like Greyparrot, that dystopian predicament doesn't have to be humanity's future. Greyparrot is an artificial intelligence company devoted to "using AI-powered computer vision software to increase transparency and automation in recycling."

As consumers become more concerned about product sustainability, plus increasing government regulations, companies are finding new ways to create a circular economy. The circular economy is a "framework for an economy that is restorative and regenerative by design." It's a process of designing waste out of an economic system so that a product has a continued life, even after its main use. This is key for the waste and recycling industry which has low economic rates of 14% globally because "60% of the solid waste produced each year ends up in open dumps and landfill[s]."

Greyparrot AI helps companies work in a circular economy by highlighting inefficiencies in sorting and waste facilities. The artificial intelligence vision can spot items on a conveyer belt faster and with better accuracy than a human. Their system "automatically identifies different types of waste, providing composition information and analytics to help facilities increase recycling rates." AI is easy to scale and provides real-time insight and analysis into facilities. AI can turn the 1% of waste that is monitored and analyzed into 100%. Not to mention the opportunities to partner with smart bins and sorting robots. Greyparrot AI does more than bring waste management into the 21st century, it opens the door to AI applications to less well-known sectors of the economy, making our future circular instead of dystopian. The startup was recently named by The Europas Tech Startup Awards as the hottest startup in Climate Tech/Green Tech startup of 2020.

Space Junk

Other scifi movies often depict humans escaping Earth when it is no longer inhabitable. They blast off into orbit while leaving robots like Wall-E to clean up the mess. But what if we can't launch into the final frontier because there's too much junk in the way for humans to leave Earth's orbit? Space junk is a serious worry for many scientists. According to the European Space Agency, 129 million pieces of debris hurtle around Earth. Space debris poses a danger to astronauts navigating orbit, the network of communication and weather satellites, and future space missions.

That's where AI and technology companies are coming together to tackle space's biggest problem. NASA created the Deep Asteroid challenge, inviting participants to use machine learning to help humans "avoid the same fate as the dinosaurs." Asteroids aren't the only Near Earth Object that can come in contact with Earth. There are approximately "1000 comets and space debris" which pose a real danger to life on Earth.

Detecting space junk is one thing but removing it from orbit is another. The startup StartRocket has a plan to remove debris using foam. StartRocket wants to deploy a satellite called Foam Debris Catcher. When the satellite reaches a debris cloud, it "would splay out a web of space-grade polymeric foam arms which, according to StartRocket, can capture as much as a ton of space junk." The orbital drag of the foamed junk would pull the mass towards Earth, burning up in the atmosphere.

Food Waste

Artificial intelligence is more than a good samaritan. It offers a big ROI for companies who use it. In the food industry, AI could "help generate up to $127 billion a year by 2030." Food waste is a problem before it even hits consumer's refrigerators. About one third (about 1.3 billion tons) of food is lost or wasted each year from farm to refrigerator.

One company, Winnow Solutions, uses artificial intelligence to identify and weigh food waste in commercial kitchens. Winnow Vision, the company's AI, automatically assigns a dollar value to each scrapped plate that's dumped into its smart waste bin. "Winnow Vision can identify waste foods correctly more than 80 percent of the time and is improving as it learns," which is up to 10% more accurate than kitchen staff (who are usually busy with other work).

A worker throws away expired food in a local supermarket in Brussels.
ASSOCIATED PRESS

AI isn't just for the kitchen. Israeli startup, Wasteless, developed a dynamic pricing algorithm for perishable products. Wasteless is able to track an item's price in real-time and adjust it based on the expiration date. Wasteless integrates with a store's inventory management system to automatically discount items with shorter shelf lives. By using Wasteless, "a store retailer reduced food waste by 39 percent while boosting revenues by 110 percent and still maintaining a positive net margin."

Water Leaks

The bad news is that water is a finite resource, but happily, it also happens to be renewable. Unfortunately, more than 25% of water is wasted due to leaks - and that's in commercial buildings alone. Water intelligence company, WINT, developed an AI to detect and stop leaks at the source. WINT does this by using pattern matching to detect water leaks. WINT's AI continually learns and adapts to a company's water network to optimize leak and waste detection. That 25% of water wasted due to leaks? Not for companies who use artificial intelligence. One company reported that WINT reduced its water consumption by 24%. That's a technology that's good for the budget and the environment.

It's Up To Individuals & Organizations To Turn Insights Into Action

Artificial Intelligence can analyze, predict, and recommend action. However, it's up to people to make the final call and change the systems in place to make the most out of the way we produce. Space junk, food waste, trash, and water leaks are all ways to rethink an industry's purpose. Economics can evolve along with technology, like artificial intelligence, to create sustainable solutions that at times can increase ROI, but can also show a brand's goodwill and help that company find its purpose.

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How 4 Companies Are Using AI To Solve Waste Issues On Earth And In Space

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Over the last two decades, artificial intelligence has remained a leading technology trend. In nearly all major industries from healthcare to advertising, AI is revolutionizing the world and making it a better place. We encounter AI every day, in small everyday objects like Roomba to avoid obstacles to bigger use cases such as medical imaging and diagnosis. Another industry where AI can do wonders is waste management.
According to the World Bank, annual waste management is expected to rise by 73% to about 3.88 billion tonnes from 2020 to 2050.
In 2022, waste management is no longer an issue of tomorrow. Climate change is impacting the world at a rapid pace and the best way we can bring change is through optimal waste management. To build a sustainable future for ourselves and our coming generations, it's vital to manage waste efficiently. However, effective waste management is highly dependent on how much people know about waste management and are willing to put in an effort.

In this article, we will discuss how AI is revolutionizing waste management via technologies such as MRF (material recovery facility) and smart bins.

AI in Waste Management

We hear about exciting technologies like self-driving cars and facial recognition, but there's more to AI than that. Waste management in most countries is a manual process. Even in developed countries, at least part of the waste management process is manual.

We are producing more and more waste every year. According to the EPA, the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) in 2018 was 292.4 million tons, which is almost 23.7 million tons more than the amount generated in 2017.

AI is changing the very way we collect, transport, and sort all types of waste from medical waste to biohazard waste. Robotics coupled with AI and machine learning have improves the quality of waste management process as it becomes more and more complex, and the health conditions for workers.

There are two ways we are using AI in waste management, smart recycling bins and material recovery facility (MRF). We will discuss each approach in detail below.

Smart Recycling Bins

A smart recycling bin monitors and sorts waste at the time of disposal. It uses AI (artificial intelligence), computer vision, robotics, and machine learning to efficiently and accurately sort waste.

The advantage of using a smart bin is that it sports garbage immediately after disposal which leads to minimal or no contamination. It's designed mainly for places where people dispose of waste without a second thought. That includes commercial buildings, hospitals, stadiums, airports, and high-traffic areas.

How Smart Recycling Bins Work

Here's how an AI waste management system generally works:

1. Garbage is disposed into the bins which are scanned via cameras and the information is sent to the servers.

2. The system uses AI and computer vision to sort waste into various categories.

3. With the help of robotic automation, the waste is put into its respective bin.

4. Whenever the bin is full, it sends a notification to the user that it's ready to be emptied.

Material Recovery Facility

A material recovery facility (MRF) is a plant where single-stream recycling materials are separated and prepared to be sold to end-users. The facility sports a wide array of recyclables including but not limited to plastics, paper, cardboard (OCC), metal, glass, etc.

There are two primary types of material recovery facility, clean and dirty. In a clean MRF, only residential or commercial single-stream recyclables are processed while in a dirty MRF, residential or commercial trash is processed in the hopes of capturing recyclables that have incorrectly been thrown away with the regular trash.

How Material Recovery Facilities Work

Here's how a material recovery facility work:

1. Collection trucks carry waste and drop it off to a facility.

2. Materials are moved to a pre-sorting station via conveyer belts. There, the non-recyclable items, hazardous materials, and contaminants like plastic bags are removed and sent to a landfill or incinerator.

3. Remaining items continue moving forward on the conveyer belt. On the way, cardboards are separated from smaller items like jars and paper.

4. Papers are separated via blowing air and are manually processed along with cardboard.

5. Metals are separated via electromagnets and eddy current separators from plastics and glass.

6. Glasses are crushed into cullets for easier transportation.

7. Infrared technology is used to separate plastic by polymer types and sent it to landfills or incinerators.

8. The separated materials are sent to the facility's shipping dock to be sold to manufacturers.

Smart Bin Systems Vs. Material Recovery Facility

While the goal of both smart bins and MRFs is to reduce waste that goes into landfills and improve reusability, each approach has certain advantages over the other. We will outline some of the main differences in the table below.

Smart Recycling Bins Material Recovery Facility

Speed
Waste is sorted as soon as it is dumpled.

Single-stream recycling materials from the curbside recycling bins are collected and resorted.

Accuracy
Uses AI and computer vision, which means up to 97% accuracy.

High accuracy rates due to the use of AI and ML.

Human Intervention
Almost no human intervention from the very beginning.

Sorts and processes materials recycled by humans leaving room for human error.

Garbage Collection frequency
Bins send a notification once they are full and are ready to be emptied.

Garbage is collected regularly from the curbside.

Ease of Use
Very easy to use and perfect solution for busy areas.

Materials are collected from recycling bins and sent to the facility.

The major reason why smart recycling bins are more effective compared to MRFs is the lack of human intervention. Humans, despite their best intentions often become the biggest barriers to recycling. Due to a gap in recycling education, people often throw away oily and greasy containers into the recycling bins. Not only are those non-recyclables, but they also end up contaminating the rest of the garbage in the bin. Smart bins eliminate the need by overtaking garbage sorting at the very time of disposal. This makes waste management faster, more accurate, and effective.

How to Get Started with AI Waste Management

We often hear about AI (artificial intelligence) and robotics in modern technology and how it's changing the world for the better. Waste management is another area where AI and robotics are trying to make the world a better place. With AI recycling bins such as TrashBot, you can start your struggle against global warming and climate change. TrashBot is an excellent solution for businesses where everyone is busy and cannot sort the garbage upon disposal. It uses AI and computer vision to sort and separate materials upon disposal with up to 95% accuracy.

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Q - 1 How can we take initiative at a personal level ?
Personal initiative -
https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/
Segregate Waste
Adopt Composting
Limit paper usage
Adopt 7 R's

How can the government take initiative at the local level?
Government local initiative -
https://www.investindia.gov.in/waste-to-wealth

1. Swachh Bharat Mission.

2. GOBAR-dhan (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources) Scheme.

3. Jal Shakti Abhiyaan.

4. Waste to Energy.

Q - 3  How can we take initiative at a global level -
Global initiative -
https://www.unep.org
Social media
broadcasting media

Q - 4 How can we take our plan further ?
https://www.indiatoday.in
Join campaigns and Create campaigns
Motivate people to recycle and compost

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SUBJECT FOCUS- NUMERACY

Area - Fast Facts and Animal Deaths:
https://www.condorferries.co.uk/marine-ocean-pollution statistics-facts#:~:text=100%20million%20marine%20animals%20die,just%20the%20creatures%20we%20find!
Area - Charts and Graphs:
https://www.earthday.org/how-our-trash-impacts-the-
environment/

SUBJECT FOCUS- UOI

Area - Municipal Solid Waste:
https://www.vedantu.com/biology/causes-of-solid-waste-pollution

Area - Causes and Effects:
https://www.vedantu.com/biology/causes-of-solid-waste-pollution

https://youtu.be/XR5cZ4SOCVU

Delegation of Work:
Bria - Design
Shlok - Websites

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Interviewee- Ms. Shruti Ma'am AND Ms. Namrata Ma'am
| PYP Grade 5

Topic of Interview- Waste Management

# Engaging in an Expert's Perspective!

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Buildings like ours follow the waste management segregating bins which are a great way to decrease waste. We would suggest all buildings should have these bins at least one on each floor. The best way to do so is to SPREAD AWARENESS ! We have seen some wall paintings near our houses. This can really help spread awareness to a larger community. Another idea can be to raise awareness by fundraisers and in that we will show AI bins for a trial which can attract customers to improve their society by buying them.

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We can make a fund raiser using AI Smart dustbins around our community. Then the money made from the fundraiser can be put in use to more AI projects to help humanity exist together and forever

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This is the presentation where we are going to add all the actions we have done and we are going to do.
Pls has to be updated whenever you get a small/big action plan. Immediate updating has to be done by you / all people of group.
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Survey [ All 3 lines combined ] - Shanaya, Bria,Kanishk, Shlok, Ramesh and Irith

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In IB including multiple perspectives is a necessity and what better to do that then prepare a survey. The Survey is a really important part as it can gather information for people living far away from us. This survey is made by our whole team and sent to the whole grade 5 and some of our family members and friends.

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Survey [All 3 LOIs Combined] - Shanaya, Bria, Shlok, Ramesh, Irith, Kanishk

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Survey [All 3 LOIs Combined] - Shanaya, Bria, Shlok, Ramesh, Irith, Kanishk

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In IB, including multiple perspectives is a necessity and what better to do that then prepare a survey. The Survey is a really important part as it can gather information for people living far away from us. This survey is made by our whole team and sent to the whole grade 5 and some of our family members and friends.

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Facts About Waste Management - Shlok Sharma

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1. Nine-tenths of all solid waste in the United States does not get recycled.

2. Landfills are among the biggest contributors to soil pollution – roughly 80% of the items buried in landfills could be recycled.

3. Although 75% of America’s waste is recyclable, we only recycle around 30% of it. Turns out, there are a few easy steps you can take to start recycling better.

4. A single recycled glass bottle saves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours. It also creates 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than would be created when making a new bottle.

5. Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as it takes to burn it.

6. It only takes 5 recycled plastic bottles to make enough fiberfill to stuff a ski jacket.

7. Motor oil never wears out, it just gets dirty – and it can be recycled.

8. The U.S. recycling rate is around 32%. If we’re able to get the rate to 75%, the effect will be like removing 50 million passenger cars from U.S. roads.

9. Over 14 million tons of recyclable clothing, shoes, and textiles make their way into landfills each year.

10. The leading cities for recycling in the US are (#1) San Francisco, CA (#2) Boston, MA (#3) Chicago, IL (#4) Denver, CO, and (#5) Portland, OR.

11. The leading countries for recycling rates are: (#1) Switzerland [52%] (#2) Australia [49.7%] (#3) Germany [48%] (#4) Netherlands [46%] and (#5) Norway [40%]. The United States comes in at around 31.5%.

12. 9 out of 10 people said they would recycle if it were “easier”.

13. Studies indicate that women on average typically express more concern for the environment and are more likely to recycle than men.

14. The United States throws away $11.4 billion worth of recyclable containers and packaging every year.

15. In the United States, we throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour – about 42,000 per minute, or about 695 per second. But there’s an easy way to reduce your plastic use.

16. It takes 450 years for average-sized plastic water bottles to fully decompose.

17. The amount of plastic film and wrap produced annually could shrink-wrap the state of Texas.

18. The energy it takes to make 1.5 million tons of plastic could power 250,000 homes.

19. There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Of that, 269,000 tons float on the surface, while some four billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer litter the deep sea.

20. According to a study done by the University of Georgia, 18 billion pounds of plastic trash winds up in our oceans each year. To put that in perspective, it’s enough trash to cover every foot of coastline around the world with five full trash bags of plastic…compounding every year.

21. Plastics make up more than 80% of debris polluting our oceans.

22. Over 100,000 marine animals die every year from plastic entanglement and ingestion.

23. Glass bottles take 4,000 years to decompose.

24. Glass, like aluminum, is infinitely recyclable – without any loss in purity or quality.

25. Glass bottles have been reduced in weight by approximately 40% over the past 30 years.

26. Recycled glass is substituted for up to 95% of raw materials.

27. An estimated 80% of all glass containers recovered for recycling are re-melted in furnaces and used to manufacture new glass containers.

28. Glass container manufacturers hope to achieve 50 percent recycled content in the manufacture of new glass bottles. This achievement would save enough energy to power 21,978 homes for one year while removing over 181 tons of waste from landfills monthly.

29. Americans use 80 billion aluminum soda cans each year.

30. In only three months, enough aluminum cans are thrown out in the United States to rebuild all of our commercial air fleets.

31. Aluminum cans make up 1.3% of waste in the United States because they are one of the most recycled items.

32. There is no limit to the number of times you can recycle an aluminum can.

33. After recycling, an aluminum can is usually repurposed within 60 days.

34. Recycling just two aluminum cans saves the same amount of energy it takes to power a PC for six hours.

35. You can make 20 new cans from recycled material using the same amount of energy that it takes to make 1 brand-new can.

36. While the United States celebrates the holidays, Americans produce an additional 5 million tons of waste (four million of the 5 million tons consisting of wrapping paper and shopping bags).

37. The majority of the 5.6 million tons of junk mail that Americans receive annually ends up in landfills.

38. The energy used to create and distribute junk mail in the US for one day could heat 250,000 homes.

39. On average, Americans use 700 pounds of paper a year. Each.

40. U.S. businesses use around 21 million tons of paper every year.

41. The United States throws out the amount of office paper it would take to build a 12-foot wall from Los Angeles to New York City (2,794 miles).

42. Americans make nearly 400 billion photocopies a year, which comes out to 750,000 copies every minute.

43. The average office worker in the United States goes through roughly 500 disposable cups annually.

44. Making new paper from recycled materials uses less energy than producing paper from virgin tree products and leaves more trees to absorb excess carbon dioxide.

45. For every 1 ton of paper that’s produced, roughly 390 gallons of oil is used to make it.

46. 1 trillion pages of paper equals 8.5 million acres of trees. That is an area greater than the state of Maryland.

47. 2,000 pounds (or 1 ton) of recycled paper helps to save over 350 gallons of oil, 17 trees, and a large portion of landfill space.

48. A single American consumes roughly seven trees annually in paper and wood products.

49. Of the 62 million newspapers printed daily in the United States, 44 million will be thrown away (roughly 500,000 trees).

50. If 1/10 of all discarded American newspapers were recycled annually, approximately 25 million trees would be saved.

Recycling cardboard only takes 75% of the energy required to make new cardboard

Over 90% of all products shipped in the U.S. are packaged in corrugated boxes, which make up more than 400 billion square feet of cardboard

Around 80% of retailers and grocers recycle cardboard

70% of corrugated cardboard is recovered for recycling

Approximately 100 billion cardboard boxes are produced each year in the U.S.

One ton of recycled cardboard saves 46 gallons of oil One ton of recycled cardboard saves 9 cubic yards of landfill space

Nearly half of the food in the U.S. goes to waste—approximately 3,000 pounds per second

Only about 5% of food is diverted from landfill

The U.S. produces approximately 34 million tons of food waste each year

Food scraps make up almost 12% of municipal solid waste generated in the U.S.

In 2015, about 137.7 million tons of MSW were landfilled. Food was the largest component at about 22%

2.5 million plastic bottles are thrown away every hour in America

Recycling plastic takes 88% less energy than making it from raw materials

Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth four times

Only 23% of disposable water bottles are recycled

Recycling one ton of plastic saves the equivalent of 1,000–2,000 gallons of gasoline

Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator

Styrofoam never decomposes

The world produces more than 14 million tons of Polystyrene (plastic foam) each year

Recycling one ton of plastic bottles saves the equivalent energy usage of a two-person household for one year

A modern glass bottle would take 4,000 years or more to decompose -- and even longer if it's in a landfill

Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality or purity

More than 28 billion glass bottles and jars go to landfills every year. That's enough to fill two Empire State Buildings every three weeks

Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt lightbulb for four hours

Americans use 85 million tons of paper per year which is about 680 pounds per person

70% of the total waste in offices is paper waste

Recycling one ton of paper saves 7,000 gallons of water

The average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper per year

American businesses use around 21 million tons of paper - with about 750,000 copies made every minute

Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 mature trees

Recycling a stack of newspaper just 3 feet high saves one tree

Approximately 1 billion trees worth of paper is thrown away every year in the U.S.

The average person has the opportunity to recycle more than 25,000 cans in their life

Aluminum can be recycled and back on a grocery store shelf as a new can in as little as 60 days

Aluminum can be recycled forever without any loss of quality

Aluminum can be recycled using only 5% of the energy used to make the product from new materials

Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours

Americans throw away 25 billion Styrofoam coffee cups every year

About 11 million tons of textiles end up in U.S. landfills each year — an average of about 70 pounds per person

In 2007, 1.8 million tons of e-waste ended up in landfills

The average person generates 4.4 pounds of solid waste every day

In 2014, The U.S. generated 258 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW)

The EPA estimates that 75% of the American waste stream is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it

94% of the U.S. population has access to some type of recycling program

Americans generate an additional 5 million tons of waste throughout the holidays

Americans throw away enough trash in an average year to circle the earth 24 times.

Electronic waste totals approximately 2% of the waste stream in the U.S

On average, it costs $30 per ton to recycle trash, $50 to send it to the landfill, and $65 to $75 to incinerate it

As of 2021, the world generated over 2.01 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually. At least 33% of that waste was not managed in an environmentally safe manner.

It is estimated that up to 8 million metric tons of plastic reach the planet’s oceans each year. That equates to five grocery bags filled with plastic for every foot of shoreline on earth.

By the year 2050, the world is expected to produce up to 3.4 billion tons of global waste, high-income countries generate relatively less food and green waste, at 32 percent of total waste, and generate more dry waste that could be recycled, middle- and low-income countries generate 53 percent and 57 percent food and green waste.

The average US citizen generates around 4.4 pounds of trash each day. That is almost twice as much as the global average, which is around 2.6 pounds each day. This equates to 4% of the world’s population generating 12% of the total trash production.

From 2015 to 2016, the City of Raleigh, North Carolina generated approximately 10,579,912 total disposed of tons of waste.

With over 10,000 acres of green space and 200 parks to take care of, the City of Raleigh partnered with Cityworks to help manage their community’s waste by developing Bigbelly Smart Waste receptacles and recycling bins to communicate real-time capacity status to crews when bins need to be emptied.

Waste Management uses waste to create enough energy to power more than 1 million homes every year. By 2020, we expect to double that output, creating enough energy to power more than 2 million homes.

As North America’s largest recycler, Waste Management managed more than 7 million tons of recyclable commodities in 2009. By the year 2020, we expect to increase the amount of material we manage to more than 20 million tons per year.

By the end of 2009, Waste Management had 119 landfill-gas-to-energy projects producing 540 megawatts of power, the equivalent of powering approximately 400,000 homes.

At the end of 2009, we had more than 800 natural gas-powered trucks in our fleet, with plans to add 200 more in 2010. During the year, we also used technology to reduce the fuel burn of every truck in our fleet. When fully implemented, this is expected to save 9 million gallons of fuel per year.

Our wholly-owned subsidiary Wheelabrator Technologies owns or operates 16 waste-to-energy plants and five independent power production facilities in the U.S. that generate enough energy to power more than 900,000 homes.

Through a joint venture with the Linde Group, we have built a plant that converts landfill gas into liquefied natural gas for use as fuel in our trucks. The facility is currently producing 13,000 gallons per day.

At the end of 2009, we had a total of 73 WHC-certified sites. We also set a goal to have 25,000 acres dedicated solely to nature preservation by 2020, and we have nearly reached that goal: at year-end, we had 24,000 protected acres

On average, the UK household uses 500 glass bottles and jars every year.

Glass can be recycled for unlimited amounts of time without losing its quality.

Glass is unable to decompose, putting a significant strain on landfill.

It’s estimated more than 28 billion glass jars and bottles end up in landfill every year.

It consumes less energy to recycle glass than to produce it from raw materials.

In the UK, we currently recycle around 60% of all glass containers, such as bottles and jars.

Finland and Switzerland recycle 90% of their glass bottles and jars.

A ton of glass is required to make about 4000 bottles or jars.

Empty glass containers can be reused into something useful or aesthetically pleasing.

Transparent glass bottles contain about 25% recycled glass, while green bottles contain 90% recycled glass.

Approximately 2.5 billion coffee cups are used and thrown away each year in the UK.

Coffee cups contain a polyethylene lining to build resistance against heat making them difficult to recycle.

As recently as 2018, 99.75% of coffee cups in the UK were not being recycled

Coffee cups can be reprocessed multiple times into high-quality paper, notebooks, and cards.

The polyethylene extracted from coffee cups can be used to make a range of plastic products, such as reusable containers or garden furniture.

Coffee cups need to go through a specific process to remove the plastic lining from the virgin paper.

Coffee cups can be recycled at a majority of high street coffee store chains and fast-food restaurants.

The UK set a target to recycle all single-use cups by 2023.

Just 1 out of every 400 coffee cups is recycled at present.

The London School Of Economics and Westminster University have reverse coffee cup vending machines which pay you for every coffee cup disposed of.

Costa and Starbucks offer a 25p discount if you reuse cups.

15%-20% of all food bought is thrown away by the average UK household.

Food can be recycled into a clean source of renewable energy using anaerobic digestion.

Food waste can be used as high-quality fertilizer and provide plants with rich minerals.

Annually food loss accounts for about 4.4 gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions

25% of the freshwater source worldwide is used to produce food that is never consumed.

8.4 million people are struggling to feed in the UK. In London, 1.5 million adults and 400,000 children face poverty.

Potatoes are one of the most commonly wasted foods in the UK.

65% of UK adults admit to buying too much food – Practice portion control to prevent food waste.

Freeze your food by its use-by date, to expand its life span.

One of the most common sources of water contamination is waste cooking oil.

Hazardous waste is any substance or chemical that may damage the environment.

Manufacturing facilities, industrial operations, and household products produce hazardous waste.

There are four types of hazardous waste; Hazardous waste is reactive, ignitable, corrosive, and toxic.

Reactive wastes are those that, when heated, combined with water, or compressed, can cause explosions.

Ignitable wastes have flash points of less than 60 degrees Celsius.

Corrosive wastes are liquids that can corrode containers of metal.

Toxic waste can cause significant health issues when swallowed, inhaled, or absorbed by the skin.

Annually, more than 5.2 million tonnes of hazardous waste are produced in the UK

The long-lasting effects of hazardous waste exposure on the human body are still unknown but have caused negative effects on our health and nature.

Not all hazardous waste can be recycled and must be disposed of properly to nullify environmental damage.

The UK’s biggest consumer of natural resources is the construction industry.

The construction sector in the UK contributes 400 million tonnes of material per year, which results in the production of 100 million tonnes of waste.

Construction waste accounts for over a third of the UK’s waste, with a total of 25 million tonnes of building waste destined for landfills.

Metal construction waste can be smelted into new products.

Recycling construction waste costs less than sending it to landfills.

Nearly all of your construction waste can be recycled, reused, or recovered.

Broken glass cannot be recycled with your construction and & demolition waste.

Within the construction industry, 13% of waste is new, unused material.

Around 92% of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste is recovered in some form.

Masonry is crushed to make road bases, and appliances such as sinks and baths can be refitted if they are still in good condition.

Used pizza boxes contaminated by food and grease do not get recycled.

Recycling cardboard consumes 3/4 of the energy needed to make new cardboard.

The United Kingdom has the highest cardboard recycling rate of any packaging in the world. Saving 2 million tonnes of waste from landfill every year.

Cardboard is made from natural wood fibers which are 100% recyclable.

Recycling 1 ton of cardboard can save 46 gallons of oil.

To allow the cardboard to be recycled easily, tape, polystyrene, and plastic should be separated from the cardboard.

Corrugated cardboard boxes are biodegradable and non-toxic.

Corrugated cardboard boxes are composed of three different layers of brown kraft paper.

17 trees are rescued for every ton of cardboard that is recycled.

The ‘Musee Du Cartonnage et de Imprimerie’ is a museum entirely dedicated to cardboard packaging.

Recycling your coffee grounds produces 80% fewer CO2 emissions than if they were sent to a landfill.

Coffee grounds can be repurposed into new sustainable products.

Coffee grounds contain rich minerals which are perfect for fertilizing your garden and as natural cleaning scrub and can even exfoliate your skin.

Recycling coffee grounds is cheaper for your company than coffee grounds disposal within the general waste.

Coffee grounds are high in calorific value, meaning they burn 20% hotter and longer than conventional dry wood fuels.

The UK drinks 95 million cups of coffee a day.

Coffee grounds dumped into general waste and sent to landfill will emit methane.

Coffee grounds can repel pests from slugs, snails, and even cats.

Stored coffee grounds have a very long shelf and last for years.

Coffee grounds have proven to be quite effective in ridding your home of those not-so-nice odors.

When punctured batteries can leak harmful materials which contaminate our local soils, groundwater, and streams.

In the UK every person in Britain uses around 10 batteries a year

Lithium-ion batteries have been accused of triggering about 250 fires at waste facilities between April 2019 and March 2020

The nickel recovered from batteries can be used to make steel, while lead is converted into ingots to produce new batteries.

Battery acid can be recycled into sodium sulfate, which is used in laundry detergent and glass and textile manufacturing.

Batteries do not need to be dead to be recycled. However, it’s desirable only to throw away your batteries when they can no longer be used in light of our sustainability values.

People in the UK throw away 22,000 tons of batteries, and only 45% of them are recycled properly

Retailers selling more than 32kg of batteries a year have to provide recycling bins or facilities.

There are three differentiating recycling types; Lead-acid batteries, Silver oxide batteries, and Lithium-ion batteries.

Rechargeable batteries consume fewer nonrenewable natural resources overall than disposable batteries.

Batteries are the fastest degrading components in phones.

Two million tonnes of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) items are discarded every year.

About 40% of WEEEE comprises big kitchen appliances (e.g. ovens, refrigerators, washing machines).

Throughout their lives, the average UK resident can produce 3.3 tonnes of WEEE.

80 to 85% of electronic products were discarded in landfills or incinerators, which can emit hazardous toxins into the air.

About 1.8 million electronic devices are used annually in the UK, and less than 20% of the WEEE waste is recycled.

It’s energy-efficient to reuse used computers, but only about 2% of PCs ever find their way to a second user.

About 50 million mobile phones are replaced every month globally, and just 10% are recycled.

Studies indicate producing a computer and monitor takes at least 1.5 tonnes of water, 21 kilograms of chemicals, and 240 kilograms of fossil fuels.

Global WEEE waste is expected to grow by 8 percent per year.

Concentrations of precious minerals such as silver and gold are found in the bulk of WEEE waste.

Annually, over 1.1 billion inkjet cartridges are used around the world.

In the UK alone, more than 65 million toners are sold each year, with just an estimated 30% being recycled or reused.

Up to three pints of oil are used in the manufacture of a new toner cartridge.

Every year, around, 350 million printer cartridges and toners are disposed of in landfills worldwide.

It can take up to 1000 years for the plastic in ink toners to decompose.

Laser toner cartridges are among the easiest office supplies to recycle and reuse.

Manufacturing a single monochrome toner emits 5 kg of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Customers will receive a 50p discount for every ink cartridge and toner recycled at Rymans.

The toner (carbon black) has been classified as a potential carcinogenic.

Toner and ink cartridges can be reused and recycled into the same streams present in DMR. However, the residual ink complicates the process and makes recycling and reusing them more difficult.

The average United States resident creates over 4.9 pounds of trash per day and up to 56 tons of trash per year.

Americans make up roughly 4% of the world’s population but generate nearly 12% of the world’s total waste.

Daily, the United States produces enough trash to fill 63,000 garbage trucks.

If every garbage truck we filled (annually) was placed end-to-end, it would cover half the distance to the moon or ~119,450 miles.

The average college student produces 640 pounds of solid waste each year, including roughly 500 disposable cups and 320 pounds of paper.

In a lifetime, the average American will leave a legacy of 90,000 pounds of trash for future generations.

Today, most communities are spending more on waste management than they are on schoolbooks, fire protection, libraries, and parks.

Globally, enough hazardous waste is generated each year to fill the New Orleans Superdome more than 1,500 times over.

New York City residents throw out enough garbage each day to fill the entire Empire State Building.

The only relatively “clean” place on Earth is Antarctica. It is protected by the Antarctic Treaty, which prohibits military activities, mineral mining, nuclear explosions, and nuclear waste disposal.

The amount of office paper wasted each year in the state of Massachusetts is enough to fill Fenway Park to the height of the Prudential Building (920 feet high).

Nearly one-third of the waste generated yearly in the United States is from product packaging.

Roughly 8,000-10,000 disposable diapers are used and thrown away before an average child is potty-trained.

Annually, potty training in the US accounts for the use of 18 billion disposable diapers per year, 49 million per day, and 570 per second.

Diaper disposal costs equate to $350 million annually.

Disposable diapers will still be in the landfill 500 years after they were put there.

Americans throw out enough plastic cutlery (disposable cups, forks, spoons, and knives) annually to wrap around the equator 300 times, or 7,470,435 miles worth.

Americans throw out roughly 300 million tires annually.

Annually the United States discards roughly 1.6 billion pens and 2 billion razor blades.

Packaging represents about 65% of household trash.

Because landfills are so densely packed, much of the degradation that occurs is anaerobic (without air).

Anaerobic processes create a tremendous amount of methane gas, a major greenhouse gas whose environmental impact is 25x greater than carbon dioxide.

Americans throw away 5.7 million tons of carpet every year.

Only 3.1% of the world’s children live in the US, but Americans buy (and throw away) 40% of the world’s toys.

Americans throw out roughly 43,000 tons of food daily.

Each American throws out roughly 1,200 pounds of organic garbage that could be repurposed as compost.

Roughly one-third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year (approximately 1.3 billion tons) is wasted.

Latin America: The food currently lost or wasted could feed ~300 million people.

Europe: The food currently lost or wasted could feed ~200 million people.

Africa: The food currently lost or wasted could feed ~300 million people.

If one-fourth of the food currently lost or wasted globally could be saved, it would be enough to feed roughly 870 million people.

Annually, more than 14 billion pounds of garbage is dumped into the world’s oceans (mainly marine life toxic plastic).

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or Pacific trash vortex, is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. According to some estimates, the patch can be as large as twice the size of the US and would take 67 ships one year to clean up less than 1% of the garbage mass.

Almost 60% of all seabird species, 22% of cetaceans, all sea turtle species, and a growing list of fish species have been documented with plastic found in or around their bodies.

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15%-20% of all food bought is thrown away by the average UK household.

Food can be recycled into a clean source of renewable energy using anaerobic digestion.

Food waste can be used as high-quality fertiliser and provide plants with rich minerals.

Annually food loss accounts for about 4.4 gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions

25% of the freshwater source worldwide is used to produce food that is never consumed.

8.4 million people are struggling to feed in the UK. In London, 1.5 million adults and 400,000 children face poverty.

Potatoes are one of the most commonly wasted foods in the UK.

65% of UK adults admit to buying too much food - Practice portion control to prevent food waste.

Freeze your food by its use-by date, to expand its life span.

One of the most common sources of water contamination is waste cooking oil.

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The UK's biggest consumer of natural resources is the construction industry.

The construction sector in the UK contributes 400 million tonnes of material per year, which results in the production of 100 million tonnes of waste.

Construction waste accounts for over a third of the UK's waste, with a total of 25 million tonnes of building waste destined for landfills.

Metal construction waste can be smelted into new products.

Recycling construction waste costs less than sending it to landfills.

N early all of your construction waste can be recycled, reused or recovered.

Broken glass cannot be recycled with your construction and & demolition waste.

Within the construction industry, 13% of waste is new, unused material.

Around 92% of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste is recovered in some form.

Masonry is crushed to make road bases, appliances such as sinks and baths can be refitted if they are still in good condition.

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Annually, over 1.1 billion inkjet cartridges are used around the world.

In the UK alone, more than 65 million toners are sold each year, with just an estimated 30% being recycled or reused.

Up to three pints of oil are used in the manufacture of a new toner cartridge.

Every year, around , 350 million printer cartridges and toners are disposed of in landfills worldwide.

It can take up to 1000 years for the plastic in ink toners to decompose.

Laser toner cartridges are among the easiest office supplies to recycle and reuse.

Manufacturing a single monochrome toner emits 5 kg of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Customers will receive a 50p discount for every ink cartridge and toner recycled at Rymans.

The toner (carbon black) has been classified as a potential carcinogenic.

Toner and ink cartridges can be reused and recycled into the same streams present in DMR. However, the residual ink complicates the process and makes recycling and reusing them more difficult.

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As of 2021, the world generated over 2.01 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually. At least 33% of that waste was not managed in an environmentally safe manner.
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If every garbage truck we filled (annually) was placed end-to-end, it would cover half the distance to the moon or ~119,450 miles.
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The only relatively “clean” place on Earth is Antarctica. It is protected by the Antarctic Treaty, which prohibits military activities, mineral mining, nuclear explosions and nuclear waste disposal.
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There is more plastic in the ocean than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Across the globe, nearly 1 trillion single-use plastic bags are used every year.
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80 billion pounds of food is thrown away each year in the US. This is equivalent to 1000 Empire State Buildings.
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Linfen is the dirtiest place on earth
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Approximately 13 tons of hazardous waste is generated every second.
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Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio and Kansas generated nearly 80% of the hazardous waste.
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Aluminum cans are the number one most recycled item in the U.S.
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On average, each person produces approximately 4.5 pounds of waste per day.
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A recycled plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a light-bulb for four hours.
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Waste is partly because 99 percent of the stuff we buy is trashed within 6 months.

Americans throw out roughly 43,000 tons of food daily.
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Over 90% of all products shipped in the U.S. are packaged in corrugated boxes, which makes up more than 400 billion square feet of cardboard
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From 2015 to 2016, the City of Raleigh, North Carolina generated approximately  10,579,912 total disposed tons of waste.
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On average, it costs $30 per ton to recycle trash, $50 to send it to the landfill and $65 to $75 to incinerate it.
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Recycling aluminium can help to save a great deal of energy; in fact, enough to run your home television for about three hours!
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Aluminium used to be more valuable than gold many years ago.
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Recycling is a $200 billion industry in the U.S.
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Recycling generates 7-10 more jobs that landfills and waste to energy plants.
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Recycling one ton of paper saves 682.5 gallons of oil, 7,000 gallons of water and 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
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Recycling a single plastic bottle can conserve enough energy to light a 60 W bulb for up to 6 hours.
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Thousands of marine creatures die by mistakenly swallowing plastic bags that resemble jellyfish.
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The average paper usage per person is around 700 pounds per year.
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28 billion glass bottles and jars go to landfill each year.
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Fact 1: Recycling is a process to create new items from old and used materials. This helps in reducing energy and potentially useful materials from being wasted.
Fact 2: Recycling is a part of the waste disposal hierarchy – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Fact 3: On average, it costs $30 per ton to recycle trash, $50 to send it to the landfill and $65 to $75 to incinerate it.

Fact 4: Variety of raw materials including paper, plastic, metal, glass, electronics and textiles, can be recycled.

Aluminium Facts

Fact 5:  Aluminum can be recycled forever without any loss of quality.

Fact 6: Aluminium cans can actually be recycled and put back onto the shelf at your local grocery store in just about 2 months.

Fact 7: Aluminium cans are probably the most recycled item, at least in the United States. While this is true, you can also recycle other forms of aluminium as well.

Fact 8: Recycling aluminium can help to save a great deal of energy; in fact, enough to run your home television for about three hours!

Fact 9: Most beverage cans are made up of aluminium, even though there are other products that go into it as well.

Fact 10: If you throw away your aluminium cans, they can stay in that can form for up to 500 years or more – so recycling is the way to go.

Fact 11: You can recycle aluminium over and over again, and there is really no limit to it.

Fact 12: There are over 80 billion aluminium cans used each and every year around the world.

Fact 13: Aluminium used to be more valuable than gold many years ago.

Fact 14: The average person has the opportunity to recycle more than 25,000 aluminium cans in their life.

Fact 15:  Aluminum can be recycled using only 5% of the energy used to make the product from new.

Tree Facts

Fact 16: Half a million trees have to be cut down just to produce the Sunday newspapers each week.

Fact 17: Recycling a single day’s worth of the New York Times could save 75,000 trees or more.

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Fact 18: If we recycled all newspapers, we could save over 250 million trees each and every year.

Fact 19: Most people in America use at least seven trees each year, through wood, paper and other types of products that use trees. That is over 2 trillion trees throughout the course of the year when you think about it.

Fact 20: Due to the fact that people aren’t recycling as much as they should, the rainforests are actually getting cut down by about 100 acres a minute.

Paper Facts

Fact 21: Each American uses around 680 pounds or 85 million tons of paper each year, and most people just throw it away instead of recycling it for further use.

Fact 22:  Recycling just one ton of paper saves 7,000 gallons of water.

Fact 23: 2000 pounds of recycled paper can actually help to save 17 trees, over 350 gallons of oil, and a lot of landfill space. That also means less air pollution!

Fact 24: The average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper per year.

Fact 25: 70% of the total waste in offices is paper waste.

Fact 26:  American businesses use around 21 million tons of paper – with about 750,000 copies made every minute.

Fact 27: Approximately 1 billion trees worth of paper are thrown in the US every year.

Fact 28: 24 trees are cut down to make 1 ton of newspaper. Recycling a stack of newspapers just 3 feet high saves one tree

Fact 29:  Approximately 100 billion cardboard boxes are produced each year in the US.

Fact 30:  Over 90% of all products shipped in the US are shipped in corrugated boxes, which makes up more than 400 billion square feet of cardboard.

Fact 31:  Around 80% of retailers and grocers recycle cardboard.

Fact 32:  70% of corrugated cardboard is recovered for recycling.

Fact 33:  Recycling cardboard only takes 75% of the energy required to make new cardboard.

Fact 34:  One ton of recycled cardboard saves 46 gallons of oil.

Fact 35:  One ton of recycled cardboard saves 9 cubic yards of landfill space.

Environment Facts

Fact 36: Recycling helps to conserve energy, and as a result, less greenhouse gases are emitted.

Fact 37: Recycling helps to conserve our natural resources like coal, oil and gas.

Fact 38: Recycled paper produces approximately 70% less air pollution than if it was made from raw materials.

Plastic Facts

Fact 39: Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth four times.

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Fact 40: Americans will use over 2 and a half million plastic bottles every thirty minutes, and most of them are simply thrown away rather than recycled.

Fact 41: Only 23% of disposable water bottles are recycled.

Fact 42: Plastic bags can take up to 1,000 years to decompose.

Fact 43: Plastic bags and garbage that are thrown into the ocean have a devastating effect on sea animals.

Fact 44: Plastic bags that are thrown into the ocean can kill over a million sea creatures a year.

Fact 45: Over 25 trillion Styrofoam coffee cups are thrown away each year, just by Americans!

Fact 46: Styrofoam produced from Polystyrene never decomposes. The world produces more than 14 million tons of Polystyrene (plastic foam) each year.

Fact 47: Recycling one ton of plastic can save up to 1,000–2,000 gallons of gasoline.

Fact 48: Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.

Fact 49: Recycling plastic takes 88% less energy than making it from raw materials.

Fact 50: Recycling one ton of plastic bottles saves the equivalent energy usage of a two-person household for one year.

Glass Facts

Fact 51: Glass jars can be recycled, but there are many that are just thrown away.

Fact 52:  Glass can be recycled and re-manufactured an infinite amount of times and never wear out.

Fact 53: Glass is 100% recyclable and can be used again and again. Glass recycling is separated into colors because glass retains its color even after recycling.

Fact 54:  More than 28 billion glass bottles and jars go to landfills every year. That’s enough to fill two Empire State Buildings every three weeks.

Fact 55:  A modern glass bottle would take 4,000 years or more to decompose — and even longer if it’s in the landfill.

Fact 56: Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a 100-watt bulb for four hours.

Landfill Facts

Fact 57: Over 60% of the trash that ends in the dustbin could be recycled.

Fact 58: Recycling helps to reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfills, and as a result, less harmful emissions like methane gas are released into the earth’s atmosphere.

Fact 59:  The average person generates 4.4 pounds of solid waste every day.

Fact 60: A modern glass bottle could take over 4000 years to actually decompose, and if it is in the landfill then it will probably take even longer than that.

Fact 61: Most dumps are made up of a third of packaging materials that could be recycled.

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Fact 62: Each year, there are organic garbage thrown out that could be composted and recycled to use for fertilizer for the ground rather than pollutants.

Fact 63:  In 2014, the US generated 258 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW).

Fact 64: The most thrown away products in America include diapers, pens, razor blades, tires and aluminium – all of which can be used to be recycled into other products.

Fact 65: About 11 million tons of textiles end up in US landfills each year — an average of about 70 pounds per person.

Fact 66:  Americans generate an additional 5 million tons of waste throughout the holidays.

Fact 67:  Americans throw away enough trash in an average year to circle the earth 24 times.

Fact 68: The EPA estimates that 75% of the American waste stream is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it. However, 94% of the US population has access to some type of recycling program.

Fact 69: Most people produce 4.4 pounds of trash per day, which results in about 1.5 tons of solid waste per year.

Fact 70: The amount of wood and paper that are thrown each year is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years.

Fact 71: One drip one second from a leaky faucet wastes 540 gallons of water a year.

E-Waste Facts

Fact 72: In 2007, 1.8 million tons of e-waste ended up in landfills.

Fact 73: Electronic waste totals approximately 2% of the waste stream in the US.
Recycling cardboard only takes 75% of the energy required to make new cardboard

2. Over 90% of all products shipped in the U.S. are packaged in corrugated boxes, which makes up more than 400 billion square feet of cardboard
8. Nearly half of the food in the U.S. goes to waste—approximately 3,000 pounds per second

9. Only about 5% of food is diverted from landfill

10. The U.S. produces approximately 34 million tons of food waste each year

11. Food scraps make up almost 12% of municipal solid waste generated in the U.S.

12. In 2015, about 137.7 million tons of MSW were landfilled. Food was the largest component at about 22%

13. 2.5 million plastic bottles are thrown away every hour in America

14. Recycling plastic takes 88% less energy than making it from raw materials

15. Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth four times

16. Only 23% of disposable water bottles are recycled

17. Plastic bags can take up to 1,000 years to decompose

18. Recycling one ton of plastic saves the equivalent of 1,000–2,000 gallons of gasoline

19. Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator

20. Styrofoam never decomposes

21. The world produces more than 14 million tons of Polystyrene (plastic foam) each year

22. Recycling one ton of plastic bottles saves the equivalent energy usage of a two person household for one year

23. A modern glass bottle would take 4,000 years or more to decompose -- and even longer if it's in landfill

24. Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality or purity

25. More than 28 billion glass bottles and jars go to landfills every year. That's enough to fill two Empire State Buildings every three weeks

26. Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt lightbulb for four hours

27. Americans use 85 million tons of paper per year which is about 680 pounds per person

28. 70% of the total waste in offices is paper waste

29. Recycling one ton of paper saves 7,000 gallons of water

30. The average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper per year

31. American businesses use around 21 million tons of paper - with about 750,000 copies made every minute

32. Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 mature trees

33. Recycling a stack of newspaper just 3 feet high saves one tree

34. Approximately 1 billion trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the U.S.

35. The average person has the opportunity to recycle more than 25,000 cans in their life

36. An aluminum can can be recycled and back on a grocery store shelf as a new can in as little as 60 days

37. Aluminum can be recycled forever without any loss of quality

38. Aluminum can be recycled using only 5% of the energy used to make the product from new materials

39. Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours

40. Americans throw away 25 billion Styrofoam coffee cups every year

41. About 11 million tons of textiles end up in U.S. landfills each year — an average of about 70 pounds per person

42. In 2007, 1.8 million tons of e-waste ended up in landfills

43. The average person generates 4.4 pounds of solid waste every day

44. In 2014, The U.S. generated 258 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW)

45. The EPA estimates that 75% of the American waste stream is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it

46. 94% of the U.S. population has access to some type of recycling program

47. Americans generate an additional 5 million tons of waste throughout the holidays

48. Americans throw away enough trash in an average year to circle the earth 24 times.

49. Electronic waste totals approximately 2% of the waste stream in the U.S

50. On average, it costs $30 per ton to recycle trash, $50 to send it to the landfill and $65 to $75 to incinerate it

We throw away 4.51 pounds of garbage per person per day.

According to an EPA study conducted in 2017, it is estimated that each person in the U.S. throws out the equivalent of 4.51 pounds of waste per day. That ends up being 267.8 million tonnes of waste each year across the country!

2. The amount of garbage we made in 1960 was just 2.68 pounds per person per day.

The peak estimated waste per person per day was in 2000 at 4.74 pounds and has since fluctuated up and down depending on the state of the economy and recessions. We have not yet through managed to create a downward trend in our waste production across multiple years. We are producing more and more waste.

3. Approximately a third of the food produced world wide is wasted and/or lost, meaning that it isn't consumed.

This waste happens at the production level, the retail level, and the consumer level. It is estimated that 40% of the food wasted in developed countries is at the consumer level. In North America, we throw out almost the same amount of food at the consumer level (i.e. in our homes) as is produced in total in sub-Saharah Africa. In other words, we throw out enough food to replace what is grown in 46 countries...

4. Only 6.5% of the food we waste ends up being composted; the rest is landfilled.

In the U.S. the EPA estimates that only a fraction of the food we waste will actually be composted, either through industrial composting facilities or backyard compost bins. That means we are sending 93.5% of our lost food through the garbage system.

5. ~35% of our landfilled trash is organic waste that could have been composted.

The EPA details that in 2017 landfilled trash consisted of 21.9% food, 8.9% wood, and 6.4% yard trimmings. That's not even taking into consideration the paper and cardboard that also could have been composted! By implementing widespread and comprehensive composting programs, we have the potential to eliminate over a third of our landfilled waste. That much waste has a huge carbon footprint, financial footprint, and community footprint - when it could be so much smaller!

6. Organic waste in the landfill won't actually decompose.

If you had been holding out hope that having 35% of our landfills filled with organic material wasn't all that bad, I'm sorry to burst your bubble. Unlike the commonly held belief, organic material and food won't actually decompose in landfills because it doesn't have sufficient access to oxygen. When it tries to degrade without oxygen, it produces the toxic gas methane which is a potent greenhouse gas and can cause landfill explosions, endangering workers.

7. Landfills are disproportionately located in communities of color.

Race is the deciding factor for where a landfill will be placed, even when taking into account differences in geography, poverty, and location to large metropolitan areas. Movements like Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) have gained traction in white communities and continued to push landfills into communities of color.

8. Only 9% of the plastic ever created since the 1950's has been recycled.

If you have been faithfully believing that recycling was the solution to our plastic problem, I hate to disappoint you but it's not. Recycling has not been comprehensively or successfully implemented. It has become a green washing technique by large businesses to market their product as "recyclable" and stop there.

9. By 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean by weight than fish.

If you think the trash in your community and streets is bad, try comparing it to what the fish have to live through. There is a huge portion of our waste that doesn't even end up in landfills. Our water ways are frequently the dumping grounds for fishing nets, toxic chemicals, and litter.

10. Half of the world's coral reefs have gone extinct.

In just the last 30 years we have managed to kill off half of the coral reefs on our planet. Coral reefs are dying because the waters around them are heating up, which they aren't able to adapt to. The climate crisis is directly causing this rise in temperature and unless addressed, 90% of coral reefs could be extinct by 2050. You can watch the documentary Chasing Coral if you want to learn more.

11. We have a per person carbon footprint in the U.S. of 16.2 tonnes CO2.

That number is three times higher than the global average of only 4.8 tonnes. Carbon footprints are impacted by what we buy, whether we travel, how much we waste, and the types of programs and environmental protections our government provides. Overall, the U.S. isn't doing very well in any of those categories.

12. We throw out 11.2 million tonnes of clothing every year.

In 2017 the EPA estimated that 11.2 million tonnes of textiles were sent to landfills in the U.S. Another 5 million tonnes were recycled and an unknown amount was donated to thrift shops. Clothes can take years to become truly "unwearable", but people throw them out with tiny holes or when they simply don’t like the style anymore. With many people in our communities living on the streets without access to warm clothes, why would we throw them in the trash?

13. We produce 30% more trash during November-December than during the rest of the year.

The holidays are a serious time of consumption in the US! Between Black Friday, Christmas, and New Years, we waste food, buy junky gifts, and decorate our houses with disposable decorations. Instead of waiting to tackle your household waste in January once all the madness has passed, challenge yourself to take it on during the most wasteful time of the year.

14. The recycling symbol on the bottom of plastic containers doesn't actually mean "recyclable", it just tells you the type of plastic.

We have been misinformed to believe that the recycling symbol on the bottom of most plastics means that you can place that item in your curbside bin. Where as, in fact, every type of plastic has one of those symbols with a number inside. The number simply tells you what type of plastic it is. You will only know if that specific type of plastic (and shape and size and weight and color) is actually recyclable in your neighborhood by visiting your local waste management website.

15. Earth Overshoot Day was July 29th last year.

Overshoot day marks the day when we have consumed worldwide more resources than the earth can regenerate in a year. Basically, we are currently exceeding what our earth can sustain and consuming at a rate of 1.75 earths per year. The only reason we don't notice our over consumption is that the earth has been around for millions of years and built up a reserve. That reserve of resources won't last forever though.

16. Microplastics are found in 90% of our table salt.

When we treat our oceans like a waste bin, all the plastic ends up breaking down and contaminating the environment. Our salt too becomes contaminated with tiny reminders of our plastic habit. Soon our own bodies may well show traces of plastic building up inside us!

17. Worldwide we produce only 9.3% of our energy from renewable sources.

In the U.S., we are doing even worse. Back in 2013, only 5.4% of our energy came from sources like wind, solar, and hydro power. Fossil fuels continue to be the primary energy source worldwide, which is a waste of that resource.

18. Communities of color are more likely to be exposed to air pollution and more likely to live near noxious industrial facilities.

Compared to white individuals, people of color are 13% more likely to live near a noxious industrial facility which can cause adverse reactions such as asthma. A study found that people living near this type of facility were 66% more likely to be hospitalized because of asthma. You can read more about environmental racism in the book A Terrible Thing to Waste by Harriet Washington.

19. Wastewater wells from fracking are more likely to be placed in low-income communities and communities of color.

Housing the by-product of fracking, these wells are disasters waiting to happen. If they crack or begin to leak, the groundwater that these communities depend on could be contaminated and unsafe to drink. Do we really trust the fossil fuel industry to regulate itself when they have had so many horrible oil spills in recent history? And these risks are disproportionately placed on communities of color.

20. Landfills produce leachate which is a hazard to the environment and human health.

Leachate is made up of hazardous waste, heavy metals and volatile organic compounds. It's basically the liquid run-off from all the junk we toss into a big pile. Although landfills now are designed to limit leachate leaking into the environment, in 2011 a landfill in San Jose was fined $800,000 when leachate was discovered spilling into a local stream.

EPA began collecting and reporting data on the generation and disposition of waste in the United States more than 35 years ago. The Agency uses this information to measure the success of materials management programs across the country and to characterize the national waste stream. These Facts and Figures are current through calendar year 2018.

The total generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) in 2018 was 292.4 million tons (U.S. short tons, unless specified) or 4.9 pounds per person per day. Of the MSW generated, approximately 69 million tons were recycled and 25 million tons were composted. Together,  almost 94 million tons of MSW were recycled and composted, equivalent to a 32.1 percent recycling and composting rate. An additional 17.7 million tons of food were managed by other methods. Other food management includes the following management pathways: animal feed, bio-based materials/biochemical processing, co-digestion/anaerobic digestion, donation, land application and sewer/wastewater treatment. For more information on food management, check out Food: Material-Specific Data. In addition, nearly 35 million tons of MSW (11.8 percent) were combusted with energy recovery and more than 146 million tons of MSW (50 percent) were landfilled.

EPA refers to trash, or MSW, as various items consumers throw away after they are used. These items include bottles and corrugated boxes, food, grass clippings, sofas, computers, tires and refrigerators. However, MSW does not include everything that may be landfilled at the local level,  such as construction and demolition (C&D) debris, municipal wastewater sludge, and other non-hazardous industrial wastes. While the analysis in Facts and Figures focuses primarily on MSW, EPA has been including estimates of C&D generation and management as a separate non-hazardous waste stream in recent years.

MSW generation rose considerably from 2017 to 2018 mainly because EPA enhanced its food measurement methodology to more fully account for all the ways wasted food is managed throughout the food system.

Management of MSW continues to be a high priority for state and local governments. This includes the source reduction of wastes before they enter the waste stream and the recovery of generated waste for recycling, composting or other methods. It also includes environmentally sound waste management through combustion with energy recovery and conversion, as well as landfilling practices that meet current standards or newly emerging waste conversion technologies.

EPA developed the non-hazardous materials and waste management hierarchy in recognition that no single waste management approach is suitable for managing all materials and waste streams in all circumstances. The hierarchy ranks the various management strategies from most to least environmentally preferred. The hierarchy places emphasis on reducing, reusing, and recycling as key to sustainable materials management.

Municipal Solid Waste Management: 1960-2018

Per capita MSW generation increased from 4.5 pounds per person per day in 2017 to 4.9 pounds per person per day in 2018. The increase from 2017 to 2018 is mainly the result of EPA’s inclusion of additional wasted food management pathways. Check out Food: Material-Specific Data.

Paper and paperboard products made up the largest percentage of all the materials in MSW, at 23.1 percent of total generation. Generation of paper and paperboard products declined from 87.7 million tons in 2000 to 67.4 million tons in 2018. Generation of newspapers has been declining since 2000, and this trend is expected to continue, partly due to decreased page size, but mainly due to the increased digitization of news. The generation of office-type (high grade) papers also has been in decline, due at least partially to activities such as the increased use of the electronic transmission of reports. Paper and paperboard products have ranged between 28.4 and 23.1 percent of generation since 2010.

Food waste comprised the fourth largest material category, estimated at 63.1 million tons or 21.6 percent of total generation in 2018. Yard trimmings comprised the next largest material category, estimated at 35.4 million tons, or 12.1 percent of total generation, in 2018. This compares to 35 million tons (16.8 percent of total generation) in 1990. The decline in yard trimmings generation since 1990 is largely due to state legislation discouraging yard trimmings disposal in landfills, including source reduction measures such as backyard composting and leaving grass trimmings on the yard.

In 2018, plastic products generation was 35.7 million tons, or 12.2 percent of generation. This was an increase of 4.3 million tons from 2010 to 2018, and it came from durable goods and the containers and packaging categories. Plastics generation has grown from 8.2 percent of generation in 1990 to 12.2 percent in 2018. Plastics generation as a percent of total generation has varied from 12.2 to 13.2 percent over the past eight years.

In 2018, 2.7 million tons of selected consumer electronics were generated, representing less than 1 percent of MSW generation. Selected consumer electronics include products such as TVs, VCRs, DVD players, video cameras, stereo systems, telephones and computer equipment.

Composting/Other Food Management

The total MSW composted was 25 million tons. This included approximately 22.3 million tons of yard trimmings (more than a five-fold increase since 1990) and 2.6 million tons of food waste (4.1 percent of generation of wasted food).

Other methods of food management were estimated for the first time in 2018. In 2018, 17.7 million tons of food (28.1 percent of generation of wasted food) was managed through animal feed, co-digestion/anaerobic digestion, bio-based materials/biochemical processing, donation, land application and sewer/wastewater treatment.

In 2018, 34.6 million tons of MSW were combusted with energy recovery. Food made up the largest component of MSW combusted at approximately 22 percent. Rubber, leather and textiles accounted for over 16 percent of MSW combustion. Plastics comprised about 16 percent, and paper and paperboard made up about 12 percent. The other materials accounted for less than 10 percent each.

In 2018, the amount of MSW generated was 292.4 million tons. The amount of MSW recycled was 69.0 million tons and the amount composted was 24.9 million tons. About 17.7 million tons of food were managed by other methods. The amount of MSW combusted with energy recovery was 34.6 million tons, while the amount of MSW sent to landfills was 146.2 million tons. Presented below are details of these trends:

Over the last few decades, the generation and management of MSW has changed substantially. Generation of MSW increased (except in recession years) from 88.1 million tons in 1960 to 292.4 million tons in 2018. Generation decreased 1 percent between 2005 and 2010, followed by a rise in generation of 7 percent from 2010 to 2017. Generation rose from 268.7 million tons to 292.4 million tons in 2018, mainly as a result of EPA's inclusion of additional food management pathways.

The generation rate in 1960 was just 2.68 pounds per person per day. It increased to 3.66 pounds per person per day in 1980. In 2000, it reached 4.74 pounds per person per day and then decreased to 4.69 pounds per person per day in 2005. The generation rate was 4.9 pounds per person per day in 2018, an 8 percent increase from 2017. The increase from 2017 to 2018 is mainly the result of  EPA's inclusion of additional wasted food management pathways.

Over time, recycling and composting rates have increased from just over 6 percent of MSW generated in 1960 to about 10 percent in 1980, to 16 percent in 1990, to about 29 percent in 2000, and to about 35 percent in 2017. It decreased to 32.1 percent in 2018.

The amount of MSW combusted with energy recovery increased from zero in 1960 to 14 percent in 1990. In 2018, it was about 12 percent.

Landfilling of waste has decreased from 94 percent of the amount generated in 1960 to 50 percent of the amount generated in 2018.

Recycling and Composting Trends

In percentage of total MSW generation, recycling (including composting) did not exceed 15 percent until 1990. Growth in the recycling rate was significant over the next 15 years, spanning until 2005. The recycling rate grew more slowly over the last few years. The 2018 recycling rate was 32.1 percent.

The recycling and composting rates (as a percentage of generation) of the below materials in MSW has mostly increased over the last 58 years. Read over the table below for examples.

Recycling, Composting and Other Food Management Trends Specific to 2015-2018

Included in the generation number are the almost 94 million tons of MSW recycled and composted and an additional 17.7 million tons of other food management in 2018. The following provides a detailed breakdown of the numbers:

69 million tons of MSW were recycled in 2018, a 2.2 percent increase from the 67.6 million tons recycled in 2015.

There was an increase from 23.4 million to 24.9 million tons of food and yard trimmings composted between 2015 and 2018.

The recycling rate (including composting) was 32.1 percent in 2018, down from 34.7 percent in 2015.

The per capita rates in 2018 were:

1.16 pounds per person per day for recycling.

0.42 pounds per person per day for composting.

0.30 pounds per person per day for other food management.

Listed here are the recycling or composting rates for three categories of materials, including paper and paperboard, yard trimmings, and food:

In 2018, the rate of paper and paperboard recycling was 68.2 percent (46.0 million tons), up from 65.9 percent in 2017 (44.2 million tons), and up from 42.8 percent in 2000.

The rate of yard trimmings composted in 2018 was 63 percent (22.3 million tons), down from 69.4 percent (24.4 million tons) in 2017. The rate of yard trimmings composted in 2000 was 51.7 percent .

In 2018, the rate of food and other MSW organics composting was 4.1 percent (2.6 million tons). Although this is down from 6.3 percent in 2017, the tons composted remained the same between 2017 and 2018 (2.6 million tons). Due to a change in methodology, there was an increase in the wasted food generation estimate between 2017 and 2018, which results in a lower composting rate even though the tons composted remained the same from 2017 to 2018. The rate of food composting was 2.2 percent in the year 2000 (.7 million tons).

Greenhouse Gas Benefits

EPA’s report Sustainable Materials Management: The Road Ahead serves as the foundation for the EPA SMM Program. The recommendations and analytical framework under the Road Ahead encourage the consideration of multiple environmental benefits when developing materials management strategies. Currently, EPA has a tool for estimating greenhouse gas reductions resulting from sustainable materials management – the Waste Reduction Model (WARM). This section shows those GHG reduction environmental benefits. The Agency is developing additional tools to provide information on other environmental benefits and will include these tools and data as they become available.

It’s almost like a landmark in East Delhi’s Ghazipur area – a 50 feet tall mountain of garbage. This is one of India’s largest landfills and paints a symbolic picture of one of the biggest problems plaguing the country. India is almost drowning in the garbage it generates. From solid urban waste to sewage to chemical or industrial waste – every type of waste is mismanaged and has become a mammoth problem in the face of rapid urbanization.

Waste People Generate |  India’s urban population of 429 million citizens produce a whopping 62 million tonnes of garbage every year. Out of this, 5.6 million tonnes is the plastic waste, 0.17 million tonnes is the biomedical waste, 7.90 million tonnes is hazardous waste and 15 lakh tonnes is e-waste. A staggering figure of forty-three million tonnes of Solid Waste is collected annually, out of which only 11.9 million, that is 22-28% is treated, while about 31 million tonnes of waste is left untreated and dumped at the landfill sites.

Mumbai: Has only 3 dumping grounds to handle the 9,600 metric tonnes of waste generated daily. The major landfill Deonar in this metro is about 90-year-old and is on the verge of collapsing. The garbage heaps here is as tall as a five- or six-storey building, standing 15 metres high. Another landfill at Mulund has been functional since 1968. It’s spread across 25 hectares and is also way past its use-by date.

India’s Ever-growing Landfills | India’s landfills are bursting at the seams and overflowing with items that shouldn’t be thrown in the trash. More than 70% of collected urban waste is dumped straight into the landfills. As a result most of them are brimming and are way past their limit.

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Facts about Waste Management - Bria Thakkar

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1. Aluminum cans are the number one most recycled item in the U.S.

2. Garbage trucks were originally called bin wagons and dustbin lorries.

3. On average, each person produces approximately 4.5 pounds of waste per day.

4. Roughly 2,500,000 plastic bottles are used every hour in the U.S.

5. Since 2010, the recycling of paper has increased by almost 90%

6. Between 1984 and 1988, 30% of all U.S. landfills were closed.

7. Each year, on average, 1,500 pounds of waste per person goes into a landfill.

8. If you tied together all the ribbon thrown away in an average year, you could tie it around the Earth.

9. Waste management can include over 20 different industries.

10. U.S. recycling levels are currently at 21.4%. When those levels reach 75%, it will equal taking approximately 55 million cars off the road for an entire year.

11. A recycled plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a light-bulb for four hours.

12. Over one-third of all paper made is created from recycled fiber.

13. In the past 10 years, we’ve made more plastic than the last century.

14. China is ranked #1 for mismanaged waste and plastics.

15. 50% of our everyday plastics is single-use only.

16. In Singapore, traffic and pollution were major issues until they fixed it by limiting the number of cars on the road. THE NUMBER CAN'T INCREASE! # Public Transport.

17. In Singapore, they take their trash, burn it, filter out the smoke, collect the ashes and dump them underwater in a man-made island. Their trash island looks immensely clean too, rather than looking like a 100-year old landfill.

18. In Singapore, they made an entire system where they collect all the pee water and transform it into human-drinkable water. Astounding, isn't it!

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https://arrowaste.com/2020/01/13/25-mind-blowing-facts-about-garbage/

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Facts on waste management - Shanaya Shanbhag

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Facts on waste management - Shanaya Shanbhag

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Depicted above is a Fact Infographic regarding E-Waste

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Bria- Main Presentation
Shanaya- Add-on Statistics
Shlok- Line Graph

Attached above is a Presentation on The Facts and Figures of Waste Management.
SUBJECT FOCUS: NUMERACY

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Website - Spreading Awareness - Bria Thakkar, Shanaya Shanbhag, Shlok Sharma, Ramesh Galani (All 4 if required for code)
App - Waste Management Game - Bria Thakkar (Might take help from some others)
Clean-Up Drives - Practical - Shanaya, Bria, Shlok, Irith, Kanishk, Ramesh
Green Camps: Campaigns - Practical - Shanaya, Bria, Shlok, Irith, Kanishk, Ramesh
Keep smart bin test trials : Practical - Shanaya, Bria, Shlok, Irith, Kanishk, Ramesh
Make posters and display to your community : Spreading Awareness - Shanaya Shanbhag and Bria Thakkar
E- Waste collection drives - Practical - Ramesh Galani, Kanishk Kothari, Shlok Sharma
Recycling scavenger hunts - Practical - Shanaya Shanbhag, Bria Thakkar, Shlok Sharma
Poster making campaign - Spread awareness - Shanaya Shanbhag, Bria Thakkar
Fundraiser carnivals- All

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E-Waste Collection - All

Using Composts - All

Green Camps [Best out of Waste & Discussions] - All & Other People

Spreading Awareness - Posters, Wall Paintings, Orally, Social Media, Posters, Placards etc... - Bria, Shanaya (Posters...)

Public Awareness: Trash Can every km - All

Alternative Method: Animal Feeding - All

Clean-Up Drives - All

Starting Campaigns (Similar to Green Camps)

Fundraiser Carnival - All

Let's still Brainstorm For Higher-Level ACTION!

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Provocation Video - Shlok Sharma, Ramesh Galani

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Provocation Video - Shlok Sharma, Ramesh Galani

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Poor waste management contributes to climate change and air pollution, and directly affects many ecosystems and species. Landfills, considered the last resort in the waste hierarchy, release methane, a very powerful greenhouse gas linked to climate change. Here's a provocation video which will surely enlighten you and give a brief on waste management and our team the AIste!! 😁😊👍✔

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This is a Plan Suggestion for 20th-23rd February.
I hope this plan assists us in making our presentation fluent and remarkable!

Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mG89dR28YYW7Tv5iIRRMBwpqyvbzZtP2CUxB4g5-2dI/edit?usp=sharing

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The total quantity of Solid waste generated in the country is 160038.9 TPD of which 152749.5 TPD of waste is collected at a collection efficiency of 95.4%. 79956.3 TPD (50 %) of waste is treated and 29427.2 (18.4%) TPD is landfilled.

Waste collection efficiency in Indian cities ranges from 50% to 90%
Calorific value of Indian solid waste is between 600 and 800 Kcal/Kg and the density of waste is between 330 and 560 Kg/m3.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) the total quantity of Solid waste generated in the country is ~160,000 metric tonnes per day (TPD). ~153,000 TPD of waste is collected at a collection efficiency of ~96%. 80,000 TPD (50 %) of waste is treated and ~30,000 (18.4%) TPD is landfilled.

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Suggestions for presentation day - 23 FEB ~Shanaya Shanbhag

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Suggestions for presentation day - 23 FEB ~Shanaya Shanbhag

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Everyone should wear complete school uniform
One member from each group [ LOI 1, LOI 2, LOI 3 ] will bring their laptops - LOI 1 - Bria, LOI 2 - Ramesh, LOI 3 - Shanaya
All the team members will be ready with their assessments for the LOI's
Present with CONFIDENCE and a GLORISHING SMILE ! 😊😀

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Assessments - Bria Thakkar and Shanaya Shanbhag

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Assessments - Bria Thakkar and Shanaya Shanbhag

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Here is the Assessment Plan:
LOI 1- Scrapbook
LOI 2- Flyer
LOI 3- Action article page

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Physical Advertisement By Shanaya and Bria

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Physical Advertisement By Shanaya and Bria

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Let's see if it works our offline, else, we always have our little buddy: Canva!

Idea- Half Good and Half Bad Earth with Slogans/Quotes around it.

Note- Shanaya, please leave a little space for the slogans around it.. Thanks!

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Hindi Story on Waste Management                              -  Bria Thakkar

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Hindi Story on Waste Management                              -  Bria Thakkar

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Hindi Story on Waste Management - Shanaya

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Hindi Story on Waste Management - Shanaya

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Hindi Story on Waste Management ~ Irith and Ramesh

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Hindi Story on Waste Management ~ Irith and Ramesh

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Check out this Presentation designed by Ramesh Galani.

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A monument regarding E - waste ~ Shanaya Shanbhag

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A monument regarding E - waste ~ Shanaya Shanbhag

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This is a poem that describes the 'Role of Waste in our Lives'

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Coded App on Food Waste [Prototype] - Bria Thakkar

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Coded App on Food Waste [Prototype] - Bria Thakkar

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This App is just a prototype showing how much food we waste. Here, I have taken an example of Pizza. Ohhh! Those delectable delicacies are irresistable, aren't they? We do tend to take immense amount of those and then, you know that, WASTE it!

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Here, the Pacman is the Dustbin and the dots are WASTE. Let's check out how much Waste can the Dustbin eat!

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Trash Sorter App [Prototype] - Bria Thakkar

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Trash Sorter App [Prototype] - Bria Thakkar

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With enhancement, this app will surely take a huge leap! This is a simple, short and crisp game where pupils reflect on their understanding concerning the Subtopic 'Segregating Waste'

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Artist Recycles E-Waste From Banks Into 10-FT-Tall Statue

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E-Waste Monument - Artist: Mukesh Kumar Jwala - Bria Thakkar

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E-Waste Monument - Artist: Mukesh Kumar Jwala - Bria Thakkar

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Mukesh Kumar Jwala, a Professional Photographer and Designer, was the Artist who created the Statue: 'Matraka', a woman sitting with folded hands and crossed legs using E-Waste. The face of the Statue is represented by the SBI Logo.
# Reusing and Recycling
# Related Concept: E-Waste

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TOI NIE Newspaper
Dated: 8th February, 2023 - Wednesday
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Coded App on Food Waste [Prototype] - Bria Thakkar

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Coded App on Food Waste [Prototype] - Bria Thakkar

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This App is just a prototype showing how much food we waste. Here, I have taken an example of Pizza. Ohhh! Those delectable delicacies are irresistable, aren't they? We do tend to take immense amount of those and then, you know that, WASTE it!

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Business & Entrepreneurship - Bria Thakkar

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Business & Entrepreneurship - Bria Thakkar

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This Video displays all about Entrepreneurship & Business. This video also includes my Ambition.

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