tonnes of it are hazardous [2]. Moreover, the amount of waste
generated is rapidly increasing, with values close to 20% over a
period of 11 years (1995–2006) in North America and the EU [3].
The last U.S. EPA document on MSW generation in the U.S.A.
reports a production of about 250 million tonnes of waste in 2009,
and about 85 million tonnes of recycled and composted material,
leading to approximately 34% of recycling rate [1].