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.
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Least trash in landfills per capita in the United States in 2022, by select state
(in tons)
Characteristic
Landfill waste per person in tons
Connecticut
8.7
Massachusetts
16.3
Wyoming
18
Minnesota
18
Idaho
21.4
North Dakota
21.4
Maryland
21.5
South Dakota
22.1
Vermont
24
Maine
24
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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 16, 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 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/
Visual Capitalist. "Least Trash in Landfills per Capita in The United States in 2022, by Select State (in Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/
Visual Capitalist, Least trash in landfills per capita in the United States in 2022, by select state (in tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/591862/least-waste-per-capita-in-us-landfills-by-major-state/ (last visited June 16, 2025)
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