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There are higher proportions of plastics, metals, and paper in the municipal solid waste stream and there are higher labour costs. [1] As countries continue developing, there is a reduction in biological solid waste and ash. [2] Per capita waste generation in OECD countries has increased by 14% since 1990, and 35% since 1980. [3]
Abia State is one of the thirty-six States in Nigeria, and has about seventeen Local Government Areas, out of the 774 Local Government Areas that make up the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Abia State was created on the 27th of August 1991, during the government of General Ibrahim Babangida. The State is located in the south-eastern part of ...
Economy of Nigeria. All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. Change in per capita GDP of Nigeria, 1950–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International Geary-Khamis dollars. The economy of Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market [27][28] with expanding manufacturing, financial, service ...
In developing countries, it is estimated that 400–500 calories per day per person are wasted, while in developed countries 1,500 calories per day per person are wasted. [93] In the former, more than 40% of losses occur at the post-harvest and processing stages, while in the latter, more than 40% of losses occur at the retail and consumer levels.
Per capita plastic waste generation, 2015 [2] The full title of Target 12.5 is: "By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse." [1] It has one indicator: Indicator 12.5.1 is the "National recycling rate, tons of material recycled". [1] Every year, about one third of all food produce goes bad ...
Nigeria each year loses to gas flaring an estimate of US$2.5 billion, [176] and over 120,000 barrels of oil per day to crude theft in the Niger Delta, its main oil-producing region. [ 177 ] [ 178 ] This has led to piracy and conflict for control in the region and has led to disruptions in production preventing the country from meeting its OPEC ...
The global water sanitation and hygiene statistics shows that 79 per cent of Nigerians go through the challenge of water scarcity. [ 11 ] In 2015, around 60 million people lacked access to "at least basic" water. As for sanitation, only 33% of the total population had access to "at least basic" sanitation.
In North America and Europe per capita plastic consumption was 94 kg and 85 kg/capita/year, respectively. China reached 58 kg/capita/year. [44] In 2012, 25.2 Mt of post-consumer plastic waste was collected in the European Union. Of this, more than 60% (15.6 Mt) was recovered and 40% (9.6 Mt) was disposed of as municipal solid waste (MSW).