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Recycling rates by country 2019 Country % recycling % composting % incineration with energy recovery % incineration without energy recovery % other recovery % landfill % other disposal Australia: 24.6 19.8 0.6 0 9.5 55 0 Austria: 26.5 32.6 38.9 0 0 2.1 0 Belgium: 34.1 20.6 42.3 0.5 1.6 0 0 Costa Rica: 3 3.8 0 0 0 86.5 6.7 Czech Republic: 22.8 11.7
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Developed countries consume more than 60% of the world industrial raw materials and only comprise 22% of the world's population. [4] As a nation, the USA generates more waste than any other nation in the world with 4.5 pounds (2.0 kg) of municipal solid waste (MSW) per person per day, fifty five percent of which is contributed as residential ...
In this article we are going to list the 15 Biggest Recycling Companies in the World. Click to skip ahead and jump to the 5 Biggest Recycling Companies in the World. We’ve all heard about the ...
Toxic or hazardous wastes are often imported by developing countries from developed countries. The World Bank Report What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management, describes the amount of solid waste produced in a given country. Specifically, countries which produce more solid waste are more economically developed and more ...
As of 2014, the European Union had about 50% of world share of waste and recycling industries, with over 60,000 companies employing 500,000 people and a turnover of €24 billion. [27] EU countries are mandated to reach recycling rates of at least 50%; leading countries are already at around 65%.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) tends to support the repair and recycling trade. Mining to produce the same metals, to meet demand for finished products in the west, also occurs in the same countries, and UNCTAD has recommended that restrictions against recycling exports be balanced against the environmental costs of recovering those materials from mining.
Japan is one of the top aluminum beverage cans recycling countries in the world, with a ratio of 84.7% recycled in 2014. [7] Steel cans are also recycled at a higher rate in Japan, 92.9% in 2013, than anywhere else in the world. [16] The plastic recycling picture is a bit more complicated. The government reports an 84% recycling rate, one of ...