California
California Trash
California residents dispose of 4.3 pounds of trash per day.
California's statewide disposal was 29.3 million tons and population was 37.7 million residents. This resulted in a per resident disposal rate of 4.3 pounds/resident/day calculated using SB 1016's measurement system.
This is slightly less
than the 2011 rate of
4.4 pounds/resident/day,
and raises the per
resident "diversion rate
equivalent" to 66%.
The 2012 per employee
disposal rate dropped to
10.8 pounds/employee/day
resulting in a slight
bump in the per employee
"diversion rate
equivalent" to 65%
compared to 64% in 2011.
Almost all (99%) of
California's 29.3
million tons of disposal
were landfilled in
California, while
approximately 1% was
exported to landfills
out of state. An
additional 0.8 million
tons were transformed at
three permitted waste-to
energy plants in
California, but not
included in the disposal
rate estimate because of
provisions in the law
that allow limited
diversion credit for
transformation.