REPORT / INTERNATIONAL NEWS

A new report by World Bank titled ‘What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management’ estimates that today these amounts have increased to about 3 billion residents generating 1.2 kg per person per day (1.3 billion tonnes per year). By 2025 this will likely increase to 4.3 billion urban residents generating about 1.42 kg/capita/day of municipal solid waste (2.2 billion tonnes per year).

Click to download: What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management