Cities must find better ways to dispose of solid waste. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the composition of the 254 million tons of solid municipal waste created in 2010 was
Paper and paperboard................................ 28.5%
Food waste........................................... 13.9%
Yard waste........................................... 13.4%
Plastics................................................ 12.4%
Metals................................................. 9.0%
Other materials
(a) Determine the percentage of other materials in the solid waste. This category includes glass, wood, rubber, and so on.
(b) Create a Pareto chart.
(c) What percentage of the total solid waste is paper or paperboard? What percentage is from the top two categories? What percentage is from the top five categories?