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