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11-23-2017, 03:03 PM
WASHINGTON: The world generates at least 3.5 million tons of solid waste a day, 10 times the amount a century ago, according to World Bank researchers cited in The Washington Post.
If nothing is done, that figure will grow to 11 million tons by the end of the century, the researchers estimate. And if the world is not prepared to think about waste reduction and actually treat garbage as a resource, future generations will drown in their own waste.
On average, Americans throw away their own body weight in trash every month. In Japan, meanwhile, the typical person produces only two-thirds as much. It?s difficult to find comparable figures for the trash produced by mega-cities.
By 2050, there will be so much plastic floating in the ocean it will outweigh the fish, according to a study issued by the World Economic Forum. Scientists estimate that there are at least 5.25 trillion plastic particles ? weighing nearly 270,000 tons ? floating in the oceans right now. About one-third of the food produced in the world gets thrown away or otherwise wasted, according to UN data.
The Dutch toss out the equivalent of over 400,000 loaves of bread per day, on average. The US wastes by far the most food, due in part to fast-food restaurants at which employees and consumers dump unsold items or leftovers.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~4/aIUdFIVaOh4
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If nothing is done, that figure will grow to 11 million tons by the end of the century, the researchers estimate. And if the world is not prepared to think about waste reduction and actually treat garbage as a resource, future generations will drown in their own waste.
On average, Americans throw away their own body weight in trash every month. In Japan, meanwhile, the typical person produces only two-thirds as much. It?s difficult to find comparable figures for the trash produced by mega-cities.
By 2050, there will be so much plastic floating in the ocean it will outweigh the fish, according to a study issued by the World Economic Forum. Scientists estimate that there are at least 5.25 trillion plastic particles ? weighing nearly 270,000 tons ? floating in the oceans right now. About one-third of the food produced in the world gets thrown away or otherwise wasted, according to UN data.
The Dutch toss out the equivalent of over 400,000 loaves of bread per day, on average. The US wastes by far the most food, due in part to fast-food restaurants at which employees and consumers dump unsold items or leftovers.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~4/aIUdFIVaOh4
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