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).