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Per capita waste generation in OECD countries has increased by 14% since 1990, and 35% since 1980. [3] Waste generation generally grows at a rate slightly lower than GDP in these countries. Developed countries consume more than 60% of the world industrial raw materials and only comprise 22% of the world's population. [4]
Along with climate and corresponding types of vegetation, the economy of a nation also influences the level of agricultural production. Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products ...
2013 Waste Atlas report is dedicated to global solid waste management assessment and is based on data from 162 countries and 1,773 cities. [9] According to the outcomes of the report, current annual municipal solid waste generation is assessed to about 1.9 billion tonnes with almost 30% of it to remain uncollected. [ 10 ]
The country is 5th largest producer of cereals which makes it 15th on our list of Top 25 Agricultural Producing Countries in the World. South Africa is also well-known for its quality exports of ...
Countries which do not have the production capacity to manufacture high quality products can import waste to stimulate their economy. Lawrence Summers , former President of Harvard University and Chief Economist of the World Bank, issued a confidential memo arguing for global waste trade in 1991.
Some European countries implemented laws prohibiting the disposal of electronic waste in landfills in the 1990s. "This created an e-waste processing industry in Europe." In Switzerland, the first electronic waste recycling system was implemented in 1991, beginning with collection of old refrigerators. Over the years, all other electric and ...
The following table gives the percentages of municipal waste that is recycled, incinerated, incinerated to produce energy and landfilled. [ 1 ] Recycling rates by country 2019
The company supplies 70% of the country’s potable water with its largest local plant, located close to Tel Aviv, producing over 165 million gallons of freshwater every day! Pixabay/Public domain 12.