As of 2022, Connecticut generated the least landfill waste per person of any state in the country, with just 8.7 tons of waste being sent to landfills. Massachusetts, which ranked second, generated 16.3 tons of landfill waste per capita that year.
Least trash in landfills per capita in the United States in 2022, by select state
(in tons)
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Visual Capitalist. (July 14, 2022). Least trash in landfills per capita in the United States in 2022, by select state (in tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/
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Visual Capitalist. (2022). Least trash in landfills per capita in the United States in 2022, by select state (in tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/
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