Municipal Solid Waste

Basics

• Often Abbreviated as MSW
• All solid waste produced by a group/facility
• Essentially all "trash" + recycling + solid compostables

Average Composition (USA Data Mainly)

Plastics

Study A

• According to this source
• Polyethelyne
  • LDPE 23%
  • HDPE 19%
• PP 14%
• PVC 6%
• Polystyrene 9%
• PET 10%
• Others 19%

Study B

• According to this source

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on MSW