Waste in the United States recognized the environmental issue that landfills create, and has been creating bans on U.S. landfill. Although this may create more environmental stability in the United States, it has become a major environmental and health issue in the countries to which the electronic waste is being shipped. Waste in the United States As a nation, Americans generate more waste than any other nation in the world, officially with 4.4 pounds (2.0 kg) of municipal solid waste (MSW) per person per day, with another study estimating 7.1 pounds per capita per day. Fifty five percent of this waste is contributed as residential
Inch per second Inch per second The inch per second is a unit of speed or velocity. It expresses the distance in inches ("in") traveled or displaced, divided by time in seconds ("s", or "sec"). The equivalent SI unit is the metre per second. Abbreviations include in/s, in/sec, ips, and less frequently in s. 1 inch per second is equivalent to: 1 metre per second ≈ 39.370079 inches per second (approximately)<br> 1 foot per second = 12 inches per second (exactly)<br> 1 mile per hour = 17.6 inches per second (exactly)<br> 1 kilometre per hour ≈ 10.936133 inches per second (approximately) In magnetic