Annual Per capita Rates for Missouri and Eight Surrounding States

State

Calendar Year 2000 Population

Waste Generation (tons)

Per capita Disposal (tons)

Per capita Recycling (tons)

Per capita Incineration (tons)

Arkansas

2,673,400

2,056,000

0.42

0.35

0.01

Illinois

12,419,293

15,102,000

0.86

0.34

0.01

Iowa

2,926,324

2,866,000

0.64

0.34

0.01

Kansas

2,688,418

3,000,000

1.02

0.10

0.01

Kentucky

4,041,769

4,376,000

0.76

0.32

0

Missouri

5,595,211

10,288,000

1.14

0.70

0

Nebraska

1,711263

1,848,000

0.83

0.25

0

Oklahoma

3,450,654

3,787,000

0.98

0.01

0.11

Tennessee

5,689,283

5,200,000

0.50

0.31

0.10

Table 2