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From: Fred Friedman (FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPA.GOV)
Date: Thu Jun 01 2000 - 08:27:57 EDT 

Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 08:27:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman)
Subject: Re: Percentage of waste thrown away annually that is recyclable . . . (Drew Scherer)

June 1, 2000

Dear Drew Scherer,

217 million tons of municipal solid waste was generated in the US in 1997. 28% of that was recycled, the rest being landfilled or incinerated. Potentially about 90% of it is recyclable. The highest percentage attained by a large community thus far in the US is approximately 66%.

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