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1st Annual report. 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]
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]
Trinidad and Tobago produces 1.5 kilograms of waste per capita per day, is the biggest plastic polluter per capita in the world. At least 0.19 kg per person per day of Trinidad and Tobago's plastic debris end up in the ocean, or for example Saint Lucia which generates more than four times the amount of plastic waste per capita as China and is ...
Waste minimisation is a set of processes and practices intended to reduce the amount of waste produced. By reducing or eliminating the generation of harmful and persistent wastes, waste minimisation supports efforts to promote a more sustainable society. [1] Waste minimisation involves redesigning products and processes and/or changing societal ...
This is a list of sovereign states and territories by per capita carbon dioxide emissions[n 1] due to certain forms of human activity, based on the EDGAR database created by European Commission. The following table lists the 1970, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 annual per capita CO 2 emissions estimates (in kilotons of CO 2 per year).
According to a 2019 study, only 9 percent of waste in Canada goes to recycling. [21] As of 2019, British Columbia has the highest recycling rate, at 69 percent. [22] In Ontario, the recycling rate has declined from 60.2% in 2018 to 57.3% in 2019. [23]
Under the directive, each country recycles at least 4 kg of electronic waste per capita per year. Furthermore, the Directive should "decrease e-waste and e-waste exports.". [10] In December 2008 a draft revision to the Directive proposed a market-based goal of 65%, which is 22 kg per capita in the case of the United Kingdom. [11]
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 ...