Reduce, Reuse, Recycle [Mixed Reviews]

It’s been a slow week on the mixed reviews front, but we’ve got some stats for you. This week, we beat out Memphis’ recycling rate by a whopping 2 percent. We recycle 28% of our residential waste, while Memphis trails behind at 26%. The lowest city ranked was Houston, at 2% – how embarrassing. Then again, 28% is kind of embarrassing when you consider that San Francisco, the top city ranked, recycles 69% of their residential waste. 

Despite hanging out in the middle of the recycling pack, we do have a bit of good news. Tennessee has the 6th lowest tax burden in the nation. Here’s all the technical stuff. 

 

According to this year’s annual report, Tennessee ranked 44th based on the percentage of total per capita state and federal taxes paid and per capita income. Based on The Tax Foundation’s calculations, using data from several sources, the total taxes paid by each Tennessee resident in 2008 were $3,160, or 8.3 percent of income, with a per capita income of $38,090.

 

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