U.S. Per Capita Waste Disposal Rates

Year Waste per capita ton/cap/yr 1950 0.63 1951 0.63 1952 0.63 1953 0.63 1954 0.63 1955 0.63 1956 0.63 1957 0.63 1958 0.63 1959 0.63 1960 0.63 1961 0.64 1962 0.64 1963 0.65 1964 0.65 1965 0.66 1966 0.66 1967 0.67 1968 0.68 1969 0.68 1970 0.69 1971 0.69 1972 0.70 1973 0.71 1974 0.71 1975 0.72 1976 0.73 1977 0.73 1978 0.74 1979 0.75 1980 0.75 1981 0.76 1982 0.77 1983 0.77 1984 0.78 1985 0.79 1986 0.79 1987 0.80 1988 0.80 1989 0.83 1990 0.82 1991 0.76 1992 0.74 1993 0.76 1994 0.75 1995 0.70 1996 0.68 1997 0.69 1998 0.75 1999 0.75 2000 0.80 2001 0.91 2002 1.02 2003 1.02 2004 1.01 2005 0.98 2006 0.95 2007 0.95 2008 0.95 2009 and all later years 0.95 [78 FR 71971, Nov. 29, 2013]