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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)
