LANDFILL LEVELS LOWEST SINCE 1960.

The average American produces 4.5 pounds of waste every single day, although the amount of trash going into the country's landfills is at its lowest level since 1960, relates data from equipment rental network Big Rentz.

Food waste, plastics, and paper products make up more than half the garbage in U.S. landfills.

Michigan is the state with the most trash per capita, with Indiana and Illinois ranking second and third...