Which of the following best describes municipal solid waste (MSW) in the United States? A. Sixty percent comes from residences, and 40% comes from commercial sources. B. Sixty percent comes from commercial sources, and 40% comes from residences. C. Fifty percent comes from commercial sources, 30% comes from residences, and 20% comes from hospitals. D. Fifty percent comes from residences, 40% comes from commercial sources, and 10% comes from hospitals. E. MSW comes from agricultural waste and mining waste.

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22 April, 14:34

Which of the following best describes municipal solid waste (MSW) in the United States? A. Sixty percent comes from residences, and 40% comes from commercial sources. B. Sixty percent comes from commercial sources, and 40% comes from residences. C. Fifty percent comes from commercial sources, 30% comes from residences, and 20% comes from hospitals. D. Fifty percent comes from residences, 40% comes from commercial sources, and 10% comes from hospitals. E. MSW comes from agricultural waste and mining waste.

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Lorelei Camacho · Answer 1

Fifty percent comes from residences, 40% comes from commercial sources, and 10% comes from hospitals.

Explanation:

The common waste of municipals in USA involves trashes from residence, industries, commercial businesses, hospitals etc. The wastes involve - products, furniture, scraps of food, papers, paints, packaging, plastics, glasses etc. In accordance with the Municipal Waste a detailed report has been produced in the year 2013 which gives an overview of the percentage of wastes in the country.

It states that the observation of paper or newspaper waste is seen in a greater percentage and it involves residential wastages. The other type of material, metals wastages are coming from commercial sources and a very small amount of hospital wastes are studied in the report.