WHAT A WASTE !!

We are producing gigantic amounts of...
waste. Total waste in the world is enormous. Some of it is recycled but a lot is simply dumped, causing problems for people and the environment. See how much below and get more amazing world waste facts at our waste page.
Every year we dump a massive 2.12 billion tons of waste. If all this waste was put on trucks they would go around the world 24 times.

A world of waste

Every year we dump a massive 2.12 billion tons of waste. If all this waste was put on trucks they would go around the world 24 times.

Why so much?

This stunning amount of waste is partly because 99 percent of the stuff we buy is trashed within 6 months.

The good news !

Leading green companies are becoming zero-waste companies. Zero waste is a philosophy that encourages redesign so that all products are reused. The process is similar to the way resources are reused in nature.
https://www.theworldcounts.com/counters/shocking_environmental_facts_and_statistics/world_waste_facts

The biggest waste producers in the world


https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/photos/the-biggest-waste-producers-in-the-world/ss-AAFIcz3#image=1

Canada

Producing some 777 kg (1,713 lb.) of waste per citizen every year, Canada figures among the countries that produce the largest quantities of garbage. While this figure is mitigated by a recycling rate of 24 per cent, Canada’s international waste management practices nearly caused a diplomatic crisis earlier this year when the Philippines sent containers full of Canadian trash back to where they came from.

United States

Not surprisingly, the United States is one of the biggest polluters on the planet, producing more trash per inhabitant than any other nation. In fact, while the US represents 4 per cent of the world’s population, the firm Verisk Maplecroft reports that the country produces 12 per cent of all waste. Each American citizen produces an average of 773 kg (1,704 lb.) of trash per year, or a total of 239 million tonnes (263.4 million tons) nationwide.

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