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May 17, 2012 — Americans throw out more than seven pounds of trash each day, which adds up to 102 tons over the course of a lifetime, according to a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a CFR Corp. press release.

• In order to track the trash trail, MIT researchers embedded transmitter chips on thousands of pieces of garbage. The MIT study also found:
• America’s biggest export to China is scrap (potentially recyclable materials including metals).
• Most American communities spend more on waste management than on fire protection, parks and recreation, libraries, or schoolbooks.
• New York, NY, transports 12,000 tons of trash each day to out-of-state landfills, the equivalent of disposing of 62 Boeing 747 jumbo jets per day.
• The Puenta Hills Landfill, which holds 60 years’ worth of decomposing garbage and is 500 feet tall, is one of the tallest structures in Los Angeles, CA.

About CFR
Fort Worth, TX-based CFR, which stands for Continuous Flow Recycling, designs and manufactures a range of carpet cleaning systems and specialty tools. For more information, visit www.cfrcorp.com.