Question: What does the left y-axis represent?

Answer: total generation of municipal solid waste, in metric tons per year

Question: What does the red line on the graph represent?

Answer: the average amount of solid waste generated by each person in the United States per year

Question: In 2000, how much solid waste did the average person in the United States produce?

Answer: 770 kilograms per year

Question: Which of the following statements is the best description of the per capita generation of solid waste between 1960 and 2010?

Answer: Between 1960 and 2000, per capita generation increased. After 2000, per capita generation declined.

Question: Which of the following actions would not reduce the per capita generation of solid waste?

Answer: installation of waste-to-energy incinerators