Los Angeles / Toronto / Themelis / New York City / New York / Stanislaus / Cape Cod / /
Company
Franklin Associates / MSW / WASTE MANAGEMENT / /
Continent
America / /
Country
Japan / United States / US / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Earth Engineering Center / Columbia University / / /
IndustryTerm
energy recovery / combustible plastics / by-products / plastics / mixed plastics / truer accounting / sm2108@columbia.edu web / media attention / energy / /
Organization
Columbia University / Air and Waste Management Association / US Environmental Protection Agency / Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development / Earth Engineering Center / European Union / /
Person
Scott M. Kaufman / Nickolas J. Themelis / Scott M. Kaufman Article / /
Position
Director / Research Associate / /
ProvinceOrState
New Jersey / Minnesota / Virginia / Pennsylvania / Illinois / Oregon / New York / California / Massachusetts / Michigan / /
Waste in a land of plenty - Solid waste generation and management in the US The US generates the highest amount of waste per person in the world and continues to rely on landfilling at the expense of recycling and waste-