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Total hazardous and other waste generation as reported by the Parties

to the Basel Convention in 2001

Kg per person per day

6

5

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

4

3

2

1

0

Estonia

Monaco

Ukraine

Kyrgyzstan

Uzbekistan

Denmark

Finland

Singapore

Slovakia

Czech

Republic

Malta

Spain

Saint Lucia

Portugal

Ireland

Belarus

Hungary

Iceland

Lithuania

Latvia

Morocco

Maldives

Niger

United Kingdom

Macedonia

Benin

Georgia

Croatia

China

Cyprus

Italy

Kuwait

Bulgaria

Switzerland

Norway

South

Korea

Cuba

Germany Romania

Luxembourg

Poland

The Netherlands

Andora

Austria

Tunisia

Slovenia

Australia

Thailand

Malaysia

Iran

Bahrain

Source : Basel Convention, 2001.

Sri Lanka

Israel

8

9

Sweden

Manufacturing and municipal waste generation

in selected OECD countries

Million tonnes

Japan

France

Poland

United Kingdom

Germany

South Korea

Spain

Italy

Finland

Belgium

Turkey

Portugal

The Netherlands

20

40

60

80

100

120

0

20

40

60

0

Source: OECD 2002

Manufacturing waste

Municipal waste

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

Kg per person per year

20

40

60

0

Source: OECD 2002

Sweden

Japan

Poland

United Kingdom

Germany

South Korea

Spain

Finland

Belgium

Portugal

The Netherlands

Ireland

Hunragy

Austria

Czech Rep.

Slovakia

Greece

Denmark

Switzerland

Norway

Iceland

Luxemburg

50

30

10

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

Total waste generation in OECD

countries, mid-1990s

Source : OECD 1999

Manufacturing

(1000 Mt)

Agriculture and forestry

(800 Mt)

Mining

(550 Mt)

Const-

ruction

(550 Mt)

Municipal

waste

(550 Mt)

Energy

production

(170 Mt)

Water

purifi-

cation

(100 Mt)

Other

(260 Mt)

Figures in brackets are

in milion tonnes (Mt)

Percentage of total waste generation