By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent 3 July 2019 The world produces over two billion tonnes of municipal solid waste every year, enough to fill over 800,000 Olympic sized swimming pools. Per head of population the worst offenders are the US, as Americans produce three times the global average of waste, including plastic and food. When it […]
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Global Waste Crisis: US top of the garbage pile
Says study, points to challenges as countries move to ban imports of discarded goods A new study has identified the United States — the nation where the idea of mass production was born — as the world’s top producer of waste while also being the worst among industrialised nations at managing it. The US generates […]