This statistic presents the amount of municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2011, broken down by leading states. In this year, New York generated over ** million tons of municipal solid waste.
According to the source, "municipal solid wastes are defined by EPA as waste consisting of everyday items 'used and then thrown away, such as product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, food scraps, newspapers, appliances, paint, and batteries,' which comes from 'homes, schools, hospitals, and businesses'. This definition excludes biosolids, hazardous waste, construction and demolition (C&D) wastes and agricultural waste, which should have separate collecting facilities."
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Columbia University (Earth Engineering Center). (January 3, 2014). Amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in the U.S. in 2011, by select state (in million tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/695682/weight-of-municipal-waste-generated-by-select-us-state/
Columbia University (Earth Engineering Center). "Amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in the U.S. in 2011, by select state (in million tons)." Chart. January 3, 2014. Statista. Accessed July 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/695682/weight-of-municipal-waste-generated-by-select-us-state/
Columbia University (Earth Engineering Center). (2014). Amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in the U.S. in 2011, by select state (in million tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/695682/weight-of-municipal-waste-generated-by-select-us-state/
Columbia University (Earth Engineering Center). "Amount of Municipal Solid Waste (Msw) Generated in The U.S. in 2011, by Select State (in Million Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/695682/weight-of-municipal-waste-generated-by-select-us-state/
Columbia University (Earth Engineering Center), Amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in the U.S. in 2011, by select state (in million tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/695682/weight-of-municipal-waste-generated-by-select-us-state/ (last visited July 11, 2025)
Amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in the U.S. in 2011, by select state (in million tons) [Graph], Columbia University (Earth Engineering Center), January 3, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/695682/weight-of-municipal-waste-generated-by-select-us-state/
