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Waste hierarchy. Refusing, reducing, reusing, recycling and composting allow to reduce waste.
Waste minimisation is a process of elimination that involves reducing the amount of waste produced in society and helps to eliminate the generation of harmful and persistent wastes, supporting the efforts to promote a more sustainable society.[1] Waste minimisation involves redesigning products and/or changing societal patterns, concerning consumption and production, of waste generation, to prevent the creation of waste.[2]
The most environmentally resourceful, economically efficient, and cost effective way to manage waste is to not have to address the problem in the first place. Waste minimisation should be seen as a primary focus for most waste management strategies. Proper waste management can require a significant amount of time and resources; therefore, it is important to understand the benefits of waste minimisation and how it can be implemented in all sectors of the economy, in an effective, safe and sustainable manner.[2]
The basic concept behind waste management is the waste hierarchy, where the most effective approaches to managing waste are at the top. Waste management is in contrast to waste minimisation. Waste management focuses on processing waste after it is created, concentrating on re-use, recycling, and waste-to-energy conversion rather than eliminating the creation of waste in the initial phases of production.[2] Waste minimisation involves efforts to minimize resource and energy use during manufacture. For the same commercial output, usually the less materials are used, the less waste is produced. Waste minimisation usually requires knowledge of the production process, cradle-to-grave analysis (the tracking of materials from their extraction to their return to earth) and detailed knowledge of the composition of the waste.
The main sources of waste vary from country to country. In the UK, most waste comes from the construction and demolition of buildings, followed by mining and quarrying, industry and commerce.[3] Household waste constitutes a relatively small proportion of all waste. Reasons for the creation of waste sometimes include requirements in the supply chain. For example, a company handling a product may insist that it should be packaged using particular packing because it fits its packaging equipment.
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1 Benefits
2 Industries
3 Processes
3.1 Product design
3.1.1 Fitting the intended use
3.1.2 Durability
4 Households
5 Health-care facilities
5.1 Practices
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Benefits[edit]
Waste minimisation can protect the environment and provide good economic and business practices. Waste minimisation can improve:[1]
Efficient production practices. Waste minimisation can achieve more output of product per unit of input of raw materials.
Economic returns. More efficient use of products means reduced costs of purchasing new materials improving the financial performance of a company.
Public image. The environmental profile of a company is an important part of its overall reputation and waste minimisation reflects a proactive movement towards environmental protection.
Quality of products produced. New innovation and technological practices can reduce waste generation and improve the quality of the inputs in the production phase.
Environmental responsibility. Minimising or eliminating waste generation makes it easier to meet targets of environmental regulations, policies, and standards. The environmental impact of waste will be reduced.
Industries[edit]
In industries, using more efficient manufacturing processes and better materials will generally reduce the production of waste. The application of waste minimisation techniques has led to the development of innovative and commercially successful replacement products. Waste minimisation has proven benefits to industry and the wider environment. It helps in value creation and increase quality of work.
Waste minimisation often requires investment, which is usually compensated by the savings. However, waste reduction in one part of the production process may create waste production in another part.
There are government incentives for waste minimisation, which focus on the environmental benefits of adopting waste minimisation strategies. In the UK, several pilot schemes such as The Catalyst Project and the Dee Waste Minimisation Project, have shown the efficacy of such policies. Fourteen companies in Merseyside took part in the Catalyst Project; the project generated overall savings of £9 million and landfill waste was reduced by 12,000 tonnes per year.[citation needed]
Processes[edit]
Resource optimization
Minimising the amount of waste produced by organisations or individuals goes hand-in-hand with optimizing their use of raw materials. For example, a dressmaker may arrange pattern pieces on a length of fabric in a particular way to enable the garment to be cut out from the smallest area of fabric.
Reuse of scrap material
Scraps can be immediately re-incorporated at the beginning of the manufacturing line so that they do not become a waste product. Many industries routinely do this; for example, paper mills return any damaged rolls to the beginning of the production line, and in the manufacture of plastic items, off-cuts and scrap are re-incorporated into new products.
Improved quality control and process monitoring
Steps can be taken to ensure that the number of reject batches is kept to a minimum. This is achieved by increasing the frequency of inspection and the number of points of inspection. For example, installing automated continuous monitoring equipment can help to identify production problems at an early stage.
Waste exchanges
This is where the waste product of one process becomes the raw material for a second process. Waste exchanges represent another way of reducing waste disposal volumes for waste that cannot be eliminated.
Ship to point of use
This involves making deliveries of incoming raw materials or components direct to the point where they are assembled or used in the manufacturing process to minimise handling and the use of protective wrappings or enclosures.
Zero waste
This is a whole systems approach that aims to eliminate waste at the source and at all points down the supply chain, with the intention of producing no waste. It is a design philosophy which emphasizes waste prevention as opposed to end of pipe waste management.[4]
Product design[edit]
Waste minimisation and resource maximisation for manufactured products can most easily be done at the design stage. Reducing the number of components used in a product or making the product easier to take apart can make it easier to be repaired or recycled at the end of its useful life.
In some cases, it may be best not to minimise the volume of raw materials used to make a product, but instead reduce the volume or toxicity of the waste created at the end of a product's life, or the environmental impact of the product's use. (See section Durability).
Fitting the intended use[edit]
In this strategy, products and packages are optimally designed to meet their intended use. This applies especially to packaging materials, which should only be as durable as necessary to serve their intended purpose. On the other hand, it could be more wasteful if food, which has consumed resources and energy in its production, is damaged and spoiled because of extreme measures to reduce the use of paper, metals, glass and plastics in its packaging.
Durability[edit]
Improving product durability, such as extending a vacuum cleaner's useful life to 15 years instead of 12, can reduce waste and usually much improves resource optimisation.
But in some cases it has a negative environmental impact. If a product is too durable, its replacement with more efficient technology is likely to be delayed. For example, a washing machine produced 10 years ago may use twice as much water, detergent and energy as one produced today.[citation needed] Therefore, extending an older machine's useful life may place a heavier burden on the environment than scrapping it, recycling its metal and buying a new model. Similarly, older vehicles consume more fuel and produce more emissions than their modern counterparts.
Most proponents of waste minimisation consider that the way forward may be to view any manufactured product at the end of its useful life as a resource for recycling and reuse rather than waste.[citation needed] Recycling a product is easier if it is constructed of fewer materials. Car manufacturers have recently reduced the number of plastics used in their cars from twenty or more to three or four,[citation needed] hence simplifying the recovery of plastics from scrapped cars. However, exceptions (like having a combination of paper and plastic or plastic coating on glass) do exist, and might enable a product to fulfill its role with the minimum of resources.
Making refillable glass bottles strong enough to withstand several journeys between the consumer and the bottling plant requires making them thicker and so heavier, which increases the resources required to transport them. Since transport has a large environmental impact, careful evaluation is required of the number of return journeys bottles make. If a refillable bottle is thrown away after being refilled only several times, the resources wasted may be greater than if the bottle had been designed for a single journey..
Many choices involve trade-offs of environmental impact, and often there is insufficient information to make informed decisions.
Households[edit]
This section details some waste minimisation techniques for householders.
Appropriate amounts and sizes can be chosen when purchasing goods; buying large containers of paint for a small decorating job or buying larger amounts of food than can be consumed create unnecessary waste. Also, if a pack or can is to be thrown away, any remaining contents must be removed before the container can be recycled.[5]
Home composting, the practice of turning kitchen and garden waste into compost can be considered waste minimisation.
The resources that households use can be reduced considerably by using electricity thoughtfully (e.g. turning off lights and equipment when it is not needed) and by reducing the number of car journeys made. Individuals can reduce the amount of waste they create by buying fewer products and by buying products which last longer. Mending broken or worn items of clothing or equipment also contributes to minimising household waste. Individuals can minimise their water usage, and walk or cycle to their destination rather than using their car to save fuel and cut down emissions.
In a domestic situation, the potential for minimisation is often dictated by lifestyle. Some people may view it as wasteful to purchase new products solely to follow fashion trends when the older products are still usable. Adults working full-time have little free time, and so may have to purchase more convenient foods that require little preparation, or prefer disposable nappies if there is a baby in the family.
The amount of waste an individual produces is a small portion of all waste produced by society, and personal waste reduction can only make a small impact on overall waste volumes. Yet, influence on policy can be exerted in other areas. Increased consumer awareness of the impact and power of certain purchasing decisions allows industry and individuals to change the total resource consumption. Consumers can influence manufacturers and distributors by avoiding buying products that do not have eco-labelling, which is currently not mandatory, or choosing products that minimise the use of packaging. In the UK, PullApart combines both environmental and consumer packaging surveys, in a curbside packaging recycling classification system to minimise waste. Where reuse schemes are available, consumers can be proactive and use them.
Health-care facilities[edit]
Health-care establishments are massive producers of waste.[6] The major sources of health-care waste are: hospitals, laboratories and research centres, mortuary and autopsy centres, animal research and testing laboratories, blood banks and collection services, and nursing homes for the elderly.[6]
Waste minimisation can offer many opportunities to these establishments to use fewer resources, be less wasteful and generate less hazardous waste. Good management and control practices among health-care facilities can have a significant effect on the reduction of waste generated each day.
Practices[edit]
There are many examples of more efficient practices that can encourage waste minimization in healthcare establishments and research facilities[7]
Source reduction
Purchasing reductions which ensures the selection of supplies that are less wasteful or less hazardous.
The use of physical rather than chemical cleaning methods such as steam disinfection instead of chemical disinfection.
Preventing the unnecessary wastage of products in nursing and cleaning activities.
Management and control measures at hospital level
Centralized purchasing of hazardous chemicals.
Monitoring the flow of chemicals within the health care facility from receipt as a raw material to disposal as a hazardous waste.
The careful separation of waste matter to help minimize the quantities of hazardous waste and disposal.
Stock management of chemical and pharmaceutical products
Frequent ordering of relatively small quantities rather than large quantities at one time.
Using the oldest batch of a product first to avoid expiration dates and unnecessary waste.
Using all the contents of a container containing hazardous waste.
Checking the expiry date of all products at the time of delivery.
See also[edit]
Cleaner production
Eco-action
European Week for Waste Reduction
Food waste
Life-cycle assessment
List of waste management acronyms
Miniwaste
Pre-waste
Recycle
Reuse
Source reduction
Waste hierarchy
Waste management
Zero waste
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b United States Environmental Protection Agency. It should come before reusing and reducing. (2012). "Waste-Hazardous Waste-Waste Minimisation". Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/waste/hazard/wastemin/index.htm. External link in |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ Jump up to: a b c Davidson, G. (2011). "Waste Management Practices: Literature Review". Retrieved from https://www.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/sustainability/Waste%20Management%20Literature%20Review%20Final%20June%202011%20(1.49%20MB).pdf. External link in |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
Jump up ^ ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION: Urban Environment 2007
Jump up ^ Dickinson, J. & Snow, W.K. (2001). "The end of waste: Zero Waste by 2020" (PDF).
Jump up ^ Removing food remains to reduce waste
^ Jump up to: a b WHO (2011). "Waste from Health Care facilities Fact Sheet No 253".
Jump up ^ WHO (2014). "Waste minimization, recycling and reuse" (PDF).
External links[edit]
The Green Organisation's website, homepage.
The EU Pre-waste project website, homepage.
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States by area. Sizes of Alaska and Hawaii are distorted by the inset.
This is a complete list of the states of the United States and its major territories ordered by total area, land area, and water area. The water area numbers include inland waters, coastal waters, the Great Lakes, and territorial waters. Glaciers and intermittent bodies of water are counted as land area.[1]
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2 Area by division
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4 See also
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Alaska 7000100000000000000♠1 665,384.04 1,723,337 7000100000000000000♠1 570,640.95 1,477,953 7001857600000000000♠85.76% 7000100000000000000♠1 94,743.10 245,384 7001142400000000000♠14.24%
Texas 7000200000000000000♠2 268,596.46 695,662 7000200000000000000♠2 261,231.71 676,587 7001972600000000000♠97.26% 7000800000000000000♠8 7,364.75 19,075 7000274000000000000♠2.74%
California 7000300000000000000♠3 163,696.32 423,972 7000300000000000000♠3 155,779.22 403,466 7001951600000000000♠95.16% 7000600000000000000♠6 7,915.52 20,501 7000484000000000000♠4.84%
Montana 7000400000000000000♠4 147,039.71 380,831 7000400000000000000♠4 145,545.80 376,962 7001989800000000000♠98.98% 7001260000000000000♠26 1,493.91 3,869 7000102000000000000♠1.02%
New Mexico 7000500000000000000♠5 121,590.30 314,917 7000500000000000000♠5 121,298.15 314,161 7001997600000000000♠99.76% 7001490000000000000♠49 292.15 757 6999240000000000000♠0.24%
Arizona 7000600000000000000♠6 113,990.30 295,234 7000600000000000000♠6 113,594.08 294,207 7001996500000000000♠99.65% 7001480000000000000♠48 396.22 1,026 6999350000000000000♠0.35%
Nevada 7000700000000000000♠7 110,571.82 286,380 7000700000000000000♠7 109,781.18 284,332 7001992800000000000♠99.28% 7001360000000000000♠36 790.65 2,048 6999720000000000000♠0.72%
Colorado 7000800000000000000♠8 104,093.67 269,601 7000800000000000000♠8 103,641.89 268,431 7001995700000099999♠99.57% 7001440000000000000♠44 451.78 1,170 6999430000000000000♠0.43%
Oregon 7000900000000000000♠9 98,378.54 254,799 7001100000000000000♠10 95,988.01 248,608 7001975700000099999♠97.57% 7001200000000000000♠20 2,390.53 6,191 7000243000000000000♠2.43%
Wyoming 7001100000000000000♠10 97,813.01 253,335 7000900000000000000♠9 97,093.14 251,470 7001992600000000000♠99.26% 7001370000000000000♠37 719.87 1,864 6999740000000000000♠0.74%
Michigan 7001110000000000000♠11 96,713.51 250,487 7001220000000000000♠22 56,538.90 146,435 7001584600000000000♠58.46% 7000200000000000000♠2 40,174.61 104,052 7001415400000000000♠41.54%
Minnesota 7001120000000000000♠12 86,935.83 225,163 7001140000000000000♠14 79,626.74 206,232 7001915900000000000♠91.59% 7000900000000000000♠9 7,309.09 18,930 7000841000000000000♠8.41%
Utah 7001130000000000000♠13 84,896.88 219,882 7001120000000000000♠12 82,169.62 212,818 7001967900000000000♠96.79% 7001170000000000000♠17 2,727.26 7,064 7000321000000000000♠3.21%
Idaho 7001140000000000000♠14 83,568.95 216,443 7001110000000000000♠11 82,643.12 214,045 7001988900000000000♠98.89% 7001330000000000000♠33 925.83 2,398 7000111000000000000♠1.11%
Kansas 7001150000000000000♠15 82,278.36 213,100 7001130000000000000♠13 81,758.72 211,754 7001993700000000000♠99.37% 7001420000000000000♠42 519.64 1,346 6999630000000000000♠0.63%
Nebraska 7001160000000000000♠16 77,347.81 200,330 7001150000000000000♠15 76,824.17 198,974 7001993200000099999♠99.32% 7001410000000000000♠41 523.64 1,356 6999680000000000000♠0.68%
South Dakota 7001170000000000000♠17 77,115.68 199,729 7001160000000000000♠16 75,811.00 196,350 7001983100000000000♠98.31% 7001290000000000000♠29 1,304.68 3,379 7000169000000000000♠1.69%
Washington 7001180000000000000♠18 71,297.95 184,661 7001200000000000000♠20 66,455.52 172,119 7001932100000099999♠93.21% 7001110000000000000♠11 4,842.43 12,542 7000679000000000000♠6.79%
North Dakota 7001190000000000000♠19 70,698.32 183,108 7001170000000000000♠17 69,000.80 178,711 7001976000000000000♠97.60% 7001240000000000000♠24 1,697.52 4,397 7000240000000000000♠2.40%
Oklahoma 7001200000000000000♠20 69,898.87 181,037 7001190000000000000♠19 68,594.92 177,660 7001981300000000000♠98.13% 7001300000000000000♠30 1,303.95 3,377 7000187000000000000♠1.87%
Missouri 7001210000000000000♠21 69,706.99 180,540 7001180000000000000♠18 68,741.52 178,040 7001986100000000000♠98.61% 7001320000000000000♠32 965.47 2,501 7000138990000099999♠1.39%
Florida 7001220000000000000♠22 65,757.70 170,312 7001260000000000000♠26 53,624.76 138,887 7001815500000000000♠81.55% 7000300000000000000♠3 12,132.94 31,424 7001184500000000000♠18.45%
Wisconsin 7001230000000000000♠23 65,496.38 169,635 7001250000000000000♠25 54,157.80 140,268 7001826900000000000♠82.69% 7000400000000000000♠4 11,338.57 29,367 7001173109999900000♠17.31%
Georgia 7001240000000000000♠24 59,425.15 153,910 7001210000000000000♠21 57,513.49 148,959 7001967800000000000♠96.78% 7001220000000000000♠22 1,911.66 4,951 7000322000000000000♠3.22%
Illinois 7001250000000000000♠25 57,913.55 149,995 7001240000000000000♠24 55,518.93 143,793 7001958700000000000♠95.87% 7001190000000000000♠19 2,394.62 6,202 7000413000000000000♠4.13%
Iowa 7001260000000000000♠26 56,272.81 145,746 7001230000000000000♠23 55,857.13 144,669 7001992600000000000♠99.26% 7001450000000000000♠45 415.68 1,077 6999740000000000000♠0.74%
New York 7001270000000000000♠27 54,554.98 141,297 7001300000000000000♠30 47,126.40 122,057 7001863800000000000♠86.38% 7000700000000000000♠7 7,428.58 19,240 7001136200000099999♠13.62%
North Carolina 7001280000000000000♠28 53,819.16 139,391 7001290000000000000♠29 48,617.91 125,920 7001903400000000000♠90.34% 7001100000000000000♠10 5,201.25 13,471 7000966000000000000♠9.66%
Arkansas 7001290000000000000♠29 53,178.55 137,732 7001270000000000000♠27 52,035.48 134,771 7001978500000000000♠97.85% 7001310000000000000♠31 1,143.07 2,961 7000215000000000000♠2.15%
Alabama 7001300000000000000♠30 52,420.07 135,767 7001280000000000000♠28 50,645.33 131,171 7001966100000000000♠96.61% 7001230000000000000♠23 1,774.74 4,597 7000339000000000000♠3.39%
Louisiana 7001310000000000000♠31 52,378.13 135,659 7001330000000000000♠33 43,203.90 111,898 7001824800000000000♠82.48% 7000500000000000000♠5 9,174.23 23,761 7001175200000000000♠17.52%
Mississippi 7001320000000000000♠32 48,431.78 125,438 7001310000000000000♠31 46,923.27 121,531 7001968900000000000♠96.89% 7001250000000000000♠25 1,508.51 3,907 7000311000000000000♠3.11%
Pennsylvania 7001330000000000000♠33 46,054.35 119,280 7001320000000000000♠32 44,742.70 115,883 7001971500000000000♠97.15% 7001280000000000000♠28 1,311.64 3,397 7000285000000000000♠2.85%
Ohio 7001340000000000000♠34 44,825.58 116,098 7001350000000000000♠35 40,860.69 105,829 7001911500000000000♠91.15% 7001140000000000000♠14 3,964.89 10,269 7000885000000000000♠8.85%
Virginia 7001350000000000000♠35 42,774.93 110,787 7001360000000000000♠36 39,490.09 102,279 7001923200000099999♠92.32% 7001150000000000000♠15 3,284.84 8,508 7000768000000000000♠7.68%
Tennessee 7001360000000000000♠36 42,144.25 109,153 7001340000000000000♠34 41,234.90 106,798 7001978400000000000♠97.84% 7001350000000000000♠35 909.36 2,355 7000216000000000000♠2.16%
Kentucky 7001370000000000000♠37 40,407.80 104,656 7001370000000000000♠37 39,486.34 102,269 7001977200000000000♠97.72% 7001340000000000000♠34 921.46 2,387 7000227990000099999♠2.28%
Indiana 7001380000000000000♠38 36,419.55 94,326 7001380000000000000♠38 35,826.11 92,789 7001983700000000000♠98.37% 7001390000000000000♠39 593.44 1,537 7000162990000000000♠1.63%
Maine 7001390000000000000♠39 35,379.74 91,633 7001390000000000000♠39 30,842.92 79,883 7001871800000000000♠87.18% 7001120000000000000♠12 4,536.82 11,750 7001128200000000000♠12.82%
South Carolina 7001400000000000000♠40 32,020.49 82,933 7001400000000000000♠40 30,060.70 77,857 7001938800000000000♠93.88% 7001210000000000000♠21 1,959.79 5,076 7000612000000000000♠6.12%
West Virginia 7001410000000000000♠41 24,230.04 62,756 7001410000000000000♠41 24,038.21 62,259 7001992100000099999♠99.21% 7001500000000000000♠50 191.83 497 6999790000000000000♠0.79%
Maryland 7001420000000000000♠42 12,405.93 32,131 7001420000000000000♠42 9,707.24 25,142 7001782500000000000♠78.25% 7001180000000000000♠18 2,698.69 6,990 7001217500000000000♠21.75%
Hawaii 7001430000000000000♠43 10,931.72 28,313 7001470000000000000♠47 6,422.63 16,635 7001587500000000000♠58.75% 7001130000000000000♠13 4,509.09 11,678 7001412500000000000♠41.25%
Massachusetts 7001440000000000000♠44 10,554.39 27,336 7001450000000000000♠45 7,800.06 20,202 7001739000000000000♠73.90% 7001160000000000000♠16 2,754.33 7,134 7001261000000000000♠26.10%
Vermont 7001450000000000000♠45 9,616.36 24,906 7001430000000000000♠43 9,216.66 23,871 7001958400000000000♠95.84% 7001460000000000000♠46 399.71 1,035 7000416000000000000♠4.16%
New Hampshire 7001460000000000000♠46 9,349.16 24,214 7001440000000000000♠44 8,952.65 23,187 7001957600000000000♠95.76% 7001470000000000000♠47 396.51 1,027 7000424000000000000♠4.24%
New Jersey 7001470000000000000♠47 8,722.58 22,591 7001460000000000000♠46 7,354.22 19,047 7001843100000000000♠84.31% 7001270000000000000♠27 1,368.36 3,544 7001156900000000000♠15.69%
Connecticut 7001480000000000000♠48 5,543.41 14,357 7001480000000000000♠48 4,842.36 12,542 7001873500000000000♠87.35% 7001380000000000000♠38 701.06 1,816 7001126500000000000♠12.65%
Delaware 7001490000000000000♠49 2,488.72 6,446 7001490000000000000♠49 1,948.54 5,047 7001782900000000000♠78.29% 7001400000000000000♠40 540.18 1,399 7001217100000000000♠21.71%
Rhode Island 7001500000000000000♠50 1,544.89 4,001 7001500000000000000♠50 1,033.81 2,678 7001669200000000000♠66.92% 7001430000000000000♠43 511.07 1,324 7001330800000000000♠33.08%
District of Columbia 7002100000000000000♠ 68.34 177 7002100000000000000♠ 61.05 158 7001893300000000000♠89.33% 7002100000000000000♠ 7.29 19 7001106700000000000♠10.67%
Puerto Rico 7002100000000000000♠ 5,324.84 13,791 7002100000000000000♠ 3,423.78 8,868 7001643000000000000♠64.30% 7002100000000000000♠ 1,901.07 4,924 7001357000000000000♠35.70%
Northern Mariana Islands 7002100000000000000♠ 1,975.57 5,117 7002100000000000000♠ 182.33 472 7000923000000000000♠9.23% 7002100000000000000♠ 1,793.24 4,644 7001907700000000000♠90.77%
United States Virgin Islands 7002100000000000000♠ 732.93 1,898 7002100000000000000♠ 134.32 348 7001183309999999999♠18.33% 7002100000000000000♠ 598.61 1,550 7001816700000000000♠81.67%
American Samoa 7002100000000000000♠ 581.05 1,505 7002100000000000000♠ 76.46 198 7001131600000000000♠13.16% 7002100000000000000♠ 504.60 1,307 7001868400000000000♠86.84%
Guam 7002100000000000000♠ 570.62 1,478 7002100000000000000♠ 209.80 543 7001367700000000000♠36.77% 7002100000000000000♠ 360.82 935 7001632300000000000♠63.23%
Minor Outlying Islands[3][a] 7002100000000000000♠ 16.00 41 7002100000000000000♠ 16.00 41 — 7002100000000000000♠ — — —
Contiguous United States Total 3,120,426.47 8,081,867 7002100000000000000♠ 2,954,841.42 7,653,004 7001946900000000000♠94.69% 7002100000000000000♠ 165,584.6 428,862 7000530990000099999♠5.31%
50 states and D.C. Total 3,796,742.23 9,833,517 7002100000000000000♠ 3,531,905.43 9,147,593 7001930200000000000♠93.02% 7002100000000000000♠ 264,836.79 685,924 7000698000000000000♠6.98%
All U.S. territory Total 3,805,943.26 9,857,348 7002100000000000000♠ 3,535,948.12 9,158,064 7001929100000000000♠92.91% 7002100000000000000♠ 269,995.13 699,284 7000709000000000000♠7.09%
Area by division[edit]
All divisions presented below are as configured by the United States Census Bureau.
Total area[2]
Land area[2]
Water[2]
Division
Rank
sq mi
km²
Rank
sq mi
km²
% land
Rank
sq mi
km²
% water
East North Central
7000500000000000000♠5 301,368.57 780,541 7000600000000000000♠6 242,902.44 629,114 7000200000000000000♠2 58,466.13 151,427
East South Central
7000700000000000000♠7 183,403.89 475,014 7000700000000000000♠7 178,289.83 461,769 7000900000000000000♠9 5,114.60 13,247
Middle Atlantic
7000800000000000000♠8 109,331.89 283,168 7000800000000000000♠8 99,223.32 256,987 7000600000000000000♠6 10,108.57 26,181
Mountain
7000200000000000000♠2 863,564.63 2,236,622 7000200000000000000♠2 855,766.98 2,216,426 7000800000000000000♠8 7,797.65 20,196
New England
7000900000000000000♠9 71,987.96 186,448 7000900000000000000♠9 62,668.46 162,311 7000700000000000000♠7 9,299.50 24,086
Pacific
7000100000000000000♠1 1,009,687.00 2,615,077 7000100000000000000♠1 895,286.33 2,318,781 7000100000000000000♠1 114,400.67 296,296
South Atlantic
7000600000000000000♠6 292,990.46 758,842 7000500000000000000♠5 265,061.97 686,507 7000300000000000000♠3 27,928.49 72,334
West North Central
7000300000000000000♠3 520,355.80 1,347,715 7000300000000000000♠3 507,620.08 1,314,730 7000500000000000000♠5 12,735.72 32,985
West South Central
7000400000000000000♠4 444,052.01 1,150,089 7000400000000000000♠4 425,066.01 1,100,916 7000400000000000000♠4 18,986.00 49,174
Area by region[edit]
All regions presented below are as configured by the United States Census Bureau.
Total area[2]
Land area[2]
Water[2]
Region
Rank
sq mi
km²
Rank
sq mi
km²
% land
Rank
sq mi
km²
% water
Midwest
7000300000000000000♠3 821,724.38 2,128,256 7000300000000000000♠3 750,522.52 1,943,844 7000200000000000000♠2 71,201.86 184,412
Northeast
7000400000000000000♠4 181,319.85 469,616 7000400000000000000♠4 161,911.78 419,350 7000400000000000000♠4 19,408.07 50,267
South
7000200000000000000♠2 920,446.37 2,383,945 7000200000000000000♠2 868,417.82 2,249,192 7000300000000000000♠3 52,028.55 134,753
West
7000100000000000000♠1 1,873,251.63 4,851,699 7000100000000000000♠1 1,751,053.31 4,535,207 7000100000000000000♠1 122,198.32 316,492
U.S. states by total area
U.S. states by land area
U.S. states by water area
U.S. states by water percentage
Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area. It is the 7th largest country subdivision in the world.[citation needed]
The area of Alaska is 7001180000000000000♠18% of the area of the United States and 7001210000000000000♠21% of the area of the contiguous United States
The second largest state, Texas, is only 7001400000000000000♠40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska
Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area
San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
Michigan is second (after Alaska) in water area, and first in water percentage
Florida is mostly a peninsula, and has the third largest water area and seventh largest water area percentage
See also[edit]
United States portal
List of the largest country subdivisions by area
List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
List of U.S. cities by area
List of U.S. states and territories by population
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Areas were not published in the 2010 census, unlike previous years, as the U.S. Census Bureau no longer collects data on the Minor Outlying Islands.[2]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts, Census 2000 Geography Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-07-10
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. September 2012. pp. V–2, 1 & 41 (Tables 1 & 18). Retrieved February 7, 2014.
Jump up ^ "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2000 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2004. p. 1 (Table 1). Retrieved February 10, 2014.
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Somebody's Watching Me
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For the album, see Somebody's Watching Me (album).
"Somebody's Watching Me"
Side-A label of US 12-inch vinyl single
Single by Rockwell
from the album Somebody's Watching Me
B-side
"Somebody's Watching Me (Instrumental)"
Released
1984
Format
7" single
cassette single
Genre
Synth-funk[1]
Length
4:59 (Album version)
4:00 (Single version)
3:33 (Radio version)
Label
Motown M 1702
Songwriter(s)
Kennedy "Rockwell" Gordy
Producer(s)
Curtis Anthony Nolen
Rockwell
Rockwell singles chronology
"Somebody's Watching Me"
(1984) "Obscene Phone Caller"
(1984)
"Somebody's Watching Me"
(1984) "Obscene Phone Caller"
(1984)
Music video
"Somebody's Watching Me" on YouTube
"Somebody's Watching Me" is a song by American singer Rockwell from his debut studio album Somebody's Watching Me (1984). It was released as Rockwell's debut single and lead single from the album on January 14, 1984, by Motown. It features former Jackson 5 members Michael Jackson (vocals in the chorus) and Jermaine Jackson (additional backing vocals).[2]
"Somebody's Watching Me" became a commercial success internationally, topping the charts in Belgium, France and Spain. "Somebody's Watching Me" also peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as reaching number six on the UK Singles Chart.
Contents
[hide]
1 Background
2 Composition
3 Music video
3.1 Plot
4 Charts and certifications
4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Year-end charts
4.3 Sales and certifications
5 DJ BoBo version: "Somebody Dance with Me"
6 Beatfreakz version
6.1 Track listing
6.2 Chart performance
7 Other cover versions
8 Sampling
9 Appearances in other media
9.1 TV
9.2 Film
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Background[edit]
Rockwell is a son of Motown CEO Berry Gordy. At the time of the recording, Rockwell was estranged from his father and living with Ray Singleton, his father's ex-wife and the mother of his older half-brother, Kerry Gordy. Singleton served as executive producer on the project and would occasionally play some demo tracks to Berry. The elder Gordy was less than enthusiastic about Rockwell's music until he heard the single with a familiar voice featured prominently on background vocals.[2][3]
Produced by Curtis Anthony Nolen, the song featured backing vocals by Michael Jackson and Alan Murray on percussion.[2][4]
Due in part to the popularity of the music video, the song is sometimes used for Halloween celebrations, with cover versions found in various collections of Halloween music.
Composition[edit]
The song is written in the key of C-sharp minor in 4
4 time with a tempo of 124 beats per minute. The vocals span from C4 to C5.[5]
Music video[edit]
The single's music video underscores the song's paranoid tone with a haunted house-inspired theme, including imagery of floating heads, ravens, graveyards, and shower scenes referencing Psycho.
Plot[edit]
The video opens with Rockwell coming home to discover that the wrong newspaper has been delivered to his doorstep. As he takes a quick shower, he begins to have strange visions (in a manner recalling The Dead Zone) of himself being pursued around his house by assorted ghoulish appartions, of the looming figure of a cadaverous-looking man, and of finding a tombstone engraved with his own name. His shower is interrupted when he hears something outside and goes out on his balcony to investigate. He is shocked to see the man from his visions standing at his gate, but as he struggles to get a better look in spite of the sun in his face he is greatly relieved to see that he is merely a mailman, come to deliver the correct newspaper. As the mailman walks up the path towards the front porch, however, a brief close-up of his arm reveals that he is, in fact, a zombie. Rockwell emerges onto the porch to receive the paper, which the mailman genially hands over. As the mailman brings his other arm around to strike, Rockwell has just enough time to notice that he is not human.
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1984)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 12
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] 2
France (IFOP)[10] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 6
Italy (FIMI)[13] 14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 5
Norway (VG-lista)[17] 7
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[18] 5
Spain (AFYVE)[19] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[22] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 2
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[24] 1
US Cash Box[25] 2
US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard)[26] 3
US Top Tracks (Billboard)[26] 31
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1984)
Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[27] 13
Canada (RPM Top 100 Singles)[28] 28
France (IFOP)[29] 46
Germany (Official German Charts)[30] 46
Italy (FIMI)[13] 84
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[31] 16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[32] 46
US Billboard Hot 100[33] 26
US Cash Box[34] 21
US Top Black Singles (Billboard)[33] 12
Sales and certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[35]
Gold 5,000^
France
354,000[36]
United States (RIAA)[37]
Gold 1,000,000^
United States (RIAA)[37]
Gold 500,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
DJ BoBo version: "Somebody Dance with Me"[edit]
Main article: Somebody Dance with Me
DJ BoBo based his 1992 single "Somebody Dance with Me" on "Somebody's Watching Me" with new lyrics and rap. The DJ BoBo single peaked at no. 1 in Sweden and Switzerland, no. 3 in Austria, Netherlands and Norway, at no. 4 in Germany and no. 13 in Australia.
In 2012, a remix of the hit was made by Remady titled "Somebody Dance With Me (Remady 2013 Mix)" by DJ BoBo featuring Manu-L. Released early in 2013, it charted in Swiss Hitparade reaching no. 4. The mix was made on the 20th anniversary of the initial hit by DJ BoBo in November 1992.
Beatfreakz version[edit]
"Somebody's Watching Me"
Single by Beatfreakz
Released
April 24, 2006 (UK)
June 9, 2006 (US)
Format
CD single
Genre
Dance, house
Length
2:48
Songwriter(s)
Kennedy "Rockwell" Gordy
Producer(s)
Beatfreakz
Beatfreakz singles chronology
"Somebody's Watching Me"
(2006) "Superfreak"
(2006)
"Somebody's Watching Me"
(2006) "Superfreak"
(2006)
Music video
"Somebody's Watching Me" on YouTube
In 2006, Dutch dance group Beatfreakz recorded a pseudo-cover of the song which sampled the chorus but omitted the verses. Their version peaked at no. 1 in Spain, no. 3 in the UK Singles Chart, no. 3 in the German Official Dance Chart, no. 4 in Russia, no. 5 in Ireland, no. 7 in Finland and New Zealand, no. 12 in the Dutch Top 40, no. 18 in France, no. 36 in the Belgium Ultratop 50, and no. 38 in Australia.
Track listing[edit]
CD single
Somebody's Watching Me [Hi Tack Edit]
Somebody's Watching Me [Hi Tack Club Mix]
Somebody's Watching Me [E-Craig's 2006 Remix]
Somebody's Watching Me [DeNnis Christopher Remix]
Somebody's Watching Me [Ian Carey Club Mix]
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (2006)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[38] 38
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[39] 6
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[40] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Dance Flanders)[41] 17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Dance Wallonia)[42] 17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[43] 28
France (SNEP)[44] 18
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[45] 7
Germany (Official German Charts)[46] 41
Ireland (IRMA)[47] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[48] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[49] 21
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[50] 7
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[51] 28
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[52] 65
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[53] 3
Other cover versions[edit]
A cover of the song by Morris Day (lead singer of The Time) was included on The Haunted Mansion: Haunted Hits, the soundtrack album for the 2003 Walt Disney Pictures film The Haunted Mansion.
Finnish power metal band Warmen included a cover of the song on their 2005 album Accept the Fact. Their version featured melodic death metal singer Alexi Laiho.
Danish industrial metal band Raunchy covered the song for their 2008 album Wasteland Discotheque.
Electro/hip hop artist/DJ/producers, Mysto & Pizzi, recorded a cover of the song for a series of GEICO television commercials.[54]
Comedy rock band The Radioactive Chicken Heads recorded a cover for their 2017 album Tales From The Coop.
Sampling[edit]
TRU incorporated the lyrics and main melody of the chorus into their 1997 single "I Always Feel Like (Somebody's Watching Me)".[55]
Jamaican dancehall group T.O.K. sampled the song with additional rap lyrics for their 2001 album My Crew, My Dawgs as a hidden track.
Christian pop artist tobyMac sampled the chorus for his song "Somebody's Watching" from his 2001 album Momentum.[56]
In 2001, French hip hop group Fonky Family sampled the song in "Art de Rue".[57]
R&B artist Ciara incorporated a portion of "Somebody's Watching Me" for her 2006 hit single "Get Up".
Hip hop group The Pack incorporates parts of the song, including the chorus, in their single "I'm Shinin'" from their 2007 album Based Boys.[58]
In 2008, Internet celebrity Jeffree Star used the chorus of the song in his own track "Starstruck" which features the band Danger Radio.
In 2009, Christian hip hop artist Andy Mineo released a song entitled "Who's Watching" (from the album "Sin Is Wack") that samples both the melody and parts of the chorus, which he altered to produce a seemingly entirely different song.
For the 2011 Cirque du Soleil show Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, the background vocals from this song found their way into a medley that included "Is It Scary?", "Threatened", and "Thriller." It was released on Michael Jackson's album Immortal in 2011.
In Nephew's 2012 album, they sample the song in the chorus of their song "Åh Gud (Jeg Håber Du Holder Øje Med Mig)". The title literally means: Oh God (I Hope That You Are Watching Me.)
In 2016, Canadian singer-songwriter Virginia to Vegas sampled the song on his single "Lights Out".
Appearances in other media[edit]
TV[edit]
It was featured in the pilot episode of the hit 1980s TV show, Miami Vice.
The song appears in the Season 1 episode "Everybody Hates Playboy" of Everybody Hates Chris, as Chris and Greg plan to steal the titular magazine back from the assistant principal's office.
The song was comically sung in a television commercial for NHL 08.
The Mysto & Pizzi cover version was featured in a series of commercials for GEICO that began airing in December 2008 and throughout 2009. The campaign, created by The Martin Agency,[59] consisted of various advertisements in which people would happen upon Kash, a stack of money with googly eyes, while the song is played in the background.
The song was used in The Cleveland Show's series 3 episode 6 "Sex and the Biddy".
A remixed clip of the song is used in promotional sequences for the upcoming ABC television show, The Glass House.
The song was featured in Ellen's Halloween dance mix.
Film[edit]
The song was featured in the classic 1999 skateboarding film Round 2.
The song was also featured in You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008).
The song was used as Number Four's ringtone in the 2011 film adaptation of I Am Number Four.
See also[edit]
List of number-one R&B singles of 1984 (U.S.)
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1984
List of number-one singles of 1984 (France)
List of number-one singles of 1984 (Spain)
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External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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