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 About PVC > PVC Reports > Table: Top Ten States Incinerating PVC
Top Ten States Incinerating PVC
State |
Amount of PVC Incinerated (tons) |
Number of Incinerators |
Percent Incinerated |
Florida |
45,364 |
13 |
37.1% |
New York |
37,517 |
10 |
24.4% |
Massachusetts |
28,145 |
7 |
54.6% |
Virginia |
18,806 |
5 |
27.9% |
Pennsylvania |
17,746 |
6 |
22.6% |
Connecticut |
16,257 |
6 |
55.4% |
Minnesota |
14,432 |
15 |
46.1% |
Maryland |
12,486 |
3 |
22.6% |
Maine |
5,448 |
4 |
66.2% |
Hawaii |
3,454 |
1 |
32.7% |
New Hampshire |
1,675 |
2 |
22.2% |
Remaining States * |
49,075 |
32 |
Varies |
Total |
250,405 |
104 |
10.5% |
Sources and Notes: Estimates derived from Kaufman (2004) for 2002. The amount of PVC incinerated by each state was calculated by: (1) assuming that the percent PVC content of municipal solid waste (0.62%) estimated by the USEPA (2003) is representative of the typical percentage of PVC in the waste stream; (2) assuming that post-consumer recycling of PVC in MSW is zero; (3) multiplying the average percent PVC in the waste (0.62%) by the total waste generated in that state according to Table 4 in Kaufman (2004); and (4) multiplying this value (the total PVC disposed in the state) by the percent of waste incinerated after recycling as shown in column 2 above. The percent of PVC incinerated after recycling was determined by dividing the total amount of waste incinerated in a state (provided in Table 4 of Kaufman 2004) by the total waste disposed of (after recycling).
* 19 states did not burn any MSW according to Kaufman 2004 and AL, AK, and MT did not report any data (see Appendix B).
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