For this week's America Recycles Day on Sunday, the website LawnStarter compared states for their waste management practices across 14 metrics, including the presence of plastic bags, recycling laws and the amount of recycling use and recycling facilities per capita.
The worst states are:
1. Alaska
2. Nevada
3. New Mexico
4. Kentucky
5. Alabama
6. Kansas
7. Louisiana
8. Tennessee
9. Montana
10. New Hampshire
Source: LawnStarter.com.
The best recycling states, in order, are Vermont, Oregon, California and Connecticut.