SOLID WASTE STATISTICS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE CARIBBEAN


PUERTO RICO -

GENERAL:

3.8 MILLION POPULATION
1.2 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS
$8,000 AVERAGE PER PERSON INCOME
$24,000 PER HOUSEHOLD INCOME
14% UNEMPLOYMENT (Ranges as high as 45% in some towns)
78 MUNICIPALITIES
ISLAND IS 100 MILES LONG AND 30 MILES WIDE
LOCATED 1,000 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
12% GLASS
2 % NON-Fe METALS
10% Fe METALS
9% PLASTICS
3% GRIT
15% PUTRESCIBLES
10% YARD WASTE
5% CARDBOARD
21% PAPER
13% OTHER WASTE
53% BIOMASS
28% RECYCLABLE
19% LANDFILLED
9% OF SOLID WASTE BY WEIGHT
43% OF SOLID WASTE BY VOLUME
$7 MILLION LANDFILLING COST ANNUALLY
60% HDPE
5% PETE
15% PP
10% PS
10% OTHER

CARIBBEAN -

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