Wisconsin's Trash Tally

Disposition of Wisconsin Solid Waste in 2000.


Category	Tons of	Tons	Tons
Residential & Commercial Waste²	Material Generated	Recycled¹	Trash

Newspaper	261,710	177,780	83,930
Corrugated containers	661,580	484,370	177,210
Magazines	74,850	23,760	51,090
High grade office paper	159,710	47,490	112,220
Mixed waste paper	577,880	183,820	394,060
Aluminum beverage cans	32,950	18,400	14,550
Steel cans	55,310	30,380	24,930
Plastic containers	70,730	30,730	40,360
Glass containers	191,270	112,280	78,990
Yard trimmings	538,380	476,040	62,340
Food waste	663,860	6,500	657,360
Disposable diapers	57,450	1,530	55,920
Vehicle batteries	38,530	37,370	1,160
Tires	97,260	92,400³	4,860⁴
Major appliances	71,310	67,750	3,560⁴
Other waste	1,096,470	87,730	1,008,740
Total Res. & Comm.	4,649,250	1,877,970	2,771,280
Industrial Waste²	9,115,100	4,468,230	4,646,870⁵
Total Solid Waste²	13,746,350	6,346,200	7,418,150

^{1 Includes materials combusted with energy recovered}
^{2 Source: Franklin Associates, LTD.}
^{3 Includes 41,110 tons in temporary storage or shipped out of state}
^{4 Estimate at <5%}
^{5 Includes 1,859,000 tons landspread wastewater treatment sludge
and 21,200 tons combusted}

Last Revised: Tuesday July 22 2008