Read this passage and refer to the data table in this question to answer the questions that follow: The total amount of municipal solid waste generated in the United States has doubled in the last 40
years. Today, the average
person living in the United States produces 4.4 pounds of solid waste per
day. Because the human population and the amount of waste we create are increasing and the
amount of land available is decreasing it is getting harder to dispose of the waste we create.
2.10
Millions of tons of municipal solid waste
Aluminum
1960,95 1870,975 1960, das 1990
Year
Q: During the 1970's the production of waste per person grew slowly while an economic recession
was occuring in the U. S. How might the slower production of waste have been related to the
recession?