Vital Waste Graphics

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9

Total hazardous and other waste generation as reported by the Parties to the Basel Convention in 2001

Kg per person per day

14

Estonia

13

Total waste generation in selected OECD countries in mid-1990s

Kg per person per year

60

Finland

Ireland

12

50

40

11

Sweden

30

United Kingdom

Austria

The Netherlands

Hunragy

Czech Rep.

Japan

Spain

20

South Korea

Belgium

Slovakia

Germany

Switzerland

10

Greece

Poland

Norway

Denmark

10

Iceland

Portugal

Luxemburg

0 Source: OECD 2002

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Total waste generation in OECD countries, mid-1990s

Manufacturing and municipal waste generation in selected OECD countries Million tonnes

Percentage of total waste generation

40 60

8

Municipal waste

30

Manufacturing (1000 Mt)

Figures in brackets are in milion tonnes (Mt)

20

25

Agriculture and forestry (800 Mt) Mining (550 Mt) Const- ruction (550 Mt)

0

Japan

20

Municipal waste (550 Mt)

100 120

7

Manufacturing waste

France

Poland

15

Energy production (170 Mt)

Monaco

The Netherlands

Other (260 Mt)

United Kingdom Germany

60 80

Sweden

Finland

10

Belgium

South Korea Spain Italy

Water purifi- cation (100 Mt)

Turkey

6

40

Portugal

5

20

0

0

Source : OECD 1999

Source: OECD 2002

5

Ukraine

4

Kyrgyzstan

Uzbekistan

3

Denmark

Spain

Finland

Kuwait

Singapore

Bulgaria Switzerland

Slovakia

Cuba

Saint Lucia Portugal

Czech Republic

2

Belarus

Germany Romania

Italy

Ireland

Malta

Hungary

Morocco

Norway

Iceland

Maldives

Tunisia

South Korea

Niger

Luxembourg Poland

Lithuania Latvia

Sri Lanka

United Kingdom

Israel

1

Slovenia

Georgia

The Netherlands Andora Austria

Iran

Macedonia

Australia

Croatia

Bahrain

Thailand

China

Benin

Cyprus

Malaysia

0

Source : Basel Convention, 2001.