Waste in the United States 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 garbage, while the remaining forty five percent of waste in the U.S.'s ‘waste stream' comes from manufacturing, retailing, and commercial trade in the U.S. economy. Based on proprietary data released to the public, Nevada was named America's "Most Wasteful State" for the years 2005-2010; where each
Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country This is a list of countries by estimated number of privately-owned guns per 100 persons. The "Small Arms Survey 2017" provides estimates of the total number of civilian-owned guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 persons. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that owns guns. All the numbers in the main column of the table below are from the annex table of "Small Arms Survey 2017." The briefing paper for it says: "Numbers provided here include all firearms in civilian