This chart illustrates the composition of rubbish found which are found on households in the United States at 1990 and 2007.
Overall, in 1990 the highest composition found in rubbish was the material of paper having a percentage of 35% and in 2007 this shifted with the materails found in the kitchen and organic waste with 42% and paper rubish composition reduced to 16% as of 2007. However in 1990 kitchen/organic waste rubish was 24% but by the year 2007 this number increased to 42%.
In 2007 miscellaneous rubish was found on households with 17%, in 1990 there is no mention of miscellaneous composition. The composition of plastic was about the same in both years with 8% each. The decrease of rubbish found was for the composition of textiles such as in 1990 having about 4% and in 2007 found at 3% which drops 1%. This can be seen with the percentage of metals found in rubish as well. According to 1990 5% was found in households and in 2007 this ratio dropped by 1% with 4% rubish found in households.
