Biggest Rubbish Producers

Today I tell about the biggest rubbish producers in the world, how much rubbish they produce in a year....all weighs in Kilograms per Person.

And also how much time some things take to mix in Soil.


Biggest Rubbish Producers

Country*	Household waste per person per year (kg)
Ireland	760
USA	740
Iceland	730
Norway	700
Australia	690
Denmark	670
Switzerland	660
Germany, Luxembourg, Spain	650
UK	610
The Netherlands	600

*OECD countries only

Do you know?

Every person in the UK produces approximately half a tonne of household rubbish every year, which means that the UK as a whole produces 30 million tonnes. That's enough to fill dustbins stretching from the Earth to the Moon. But that's not all. Household rubbish makes up only 7 percent of the yearly total. The rest comes from mining and quarrying (114 million tonnes), agriculture (86 million), demolition and construction - bricks, soil, etc (80 Million), industrial waste (55 million), dredged spoils from rivers and harbours (34 million), commercial waste (25 million), and sewage (4 million)

How Long to rot

Cotton rags	1-5 months
Paper	2-5 months
Orange peel	Up to 6 months
Wool socks	1-5 years
Cigarette ends	1-12 years
Plastic-coated drink cartons	5 years
Plastic bags	10-20 years
Photo film	20-30 years
Leather shoes	25-50 years
Artificial fibre clothes (nylon, etc.)	30-40 years
Tin cans	50-100 years