"But with solid waste, the bad guys are every single one of us," she said.

He said the nation needs a comprehensive approach to solid waste, instead.

Human population growth and the dumping of solid waste were found to have the same effect.

The company said the program is intended to reduce solid waste.

Solid waste went down from 300 thousand to 3,868 tons a year.

New York produces about 25,000 tons of solid waste every day.

Only 10 percent of the solid waste generated by Americans every year gets recycled.

In all, 1.5 million tons of solid waste were generated last year.

About 40 percent of the solid waste that goes into landfills is paper.

The nation's cities produce about0.6 million tons of solid waste per year.