On average, 16% of the space in landfills is taken up by plastic.
1960:10 million tons
1970:26.7 million tons
1980:30 million tons
1990:39 million tons
2000:49 million tons
2010:60 million tons
45%
Unless you recycle, all of your waste, not counting what goes in the sewer, goes to landfills. At your home, about 15% of your trash is recyclable and in an office as much as 85% of what goes into trash cans is recyclable.
Depends on the landfill. Sort of like how much water is in a lake.
The values are different for each type of plastic.
4000000 tons of rubbish is dumped every year on a landfill. A lot in similar words
about 3.69 for a big thing of knifes and forks that are plastic
none because water goes into it
That depends on the contents of the landfill and the air and ground temperatures of the landfill'
25%
Britain throws away millions of tons of garbage each year. Much of it ends up in landfill while some is burned or recycled.
4.8 billion tons
Clay goes for 177Gp each Soft-Clay goes for 244GP each
Depends on how big the landfill is. Larger cities will usually have larger landfills than smaller cities.