Community	Population	Residential Waste Reduction Level1
Ann Arbor, MI	112,000	52%
Bellevue, WA	103,700	60%
Bergen Co., NJ	825,400	54%2
Chatham, NJ	8,300	65%
Clifton, NJ	75,000	56%2
Crockett, TX	8,300	52%
Dover, NH	26,100	52%
Falls Church, VA	10,000	65%
Fitchburg, WI	17,300	50%
Leverett, MA	1,900	53%
Loveland, CO	44,300	56%
Madison, WI	200,900	50%
Portland, OR	503,000	50%2
Ramsey Co., MN	496,100	47%2
San Jose, CA	873,300	43%2
Seattle, WA	534,700	44%2
Visalia, CA	91,300	50%
Worcester, MA	169,800	54%

Note: Waste generation and reduction levels represent the 1996 calendar year except for Ann Arbor (fiscal year 1996); Bergen County (1995), and Falls Church, Leverett, San Jose, and Visalia (all fiscal year 1997 data).

1. Excludes processing rejects and includes estimates of materials collected through container deposit systems for communities in states with beverage container deposits.

2. Represents municipal discards (residential, commercial, and institutional).

Source: Brenda Platt and Kelly Lease, Institute for Local Self-Reliance,
Cutting the Waste Stream In Half: Community Record-Setters Show How,
EPA530-R-99-013 (Washington, DC: U.S. EPA, June 1999).

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