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Environment Statistics > Municipal waste generation (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1     United States: 760 kgs per person per year 
# 2     Australia: 690 kgs per person per year 
# 3     Denmark: 660 kgs per person per year 
# 4     Switzerland: 650 kgs per person per year 
# 5     Canada: 640 kgs per person per year 
# 6     Norway: 620 kgs per person per year 
# 7     Netherlands: 610 kgs per person per year 
= 8     Ireland: 560 kgs per person per year 
= 8     United Kingdom: 560 kgs per person per year 
= 8     Austria: 560 kgs per person per year 
# 11     Belgium: 550 kgs per person per year 
# 12     Germany: 540 kgs per person per year 
# 13     France: 510 kgs per person per year 
# 14     Italy: 500 kgs per person per year 
# 15     Finland: 460 kgs per person per year 
# 16     Sweden: 450 kgs per person per year 
# 17     Japan: 410 kgs per person per year 
Total: 9,730 kgs per person per year  
Weighted average: 572.4 kgs per person per year  


DEFINITION: Kilograms of municipal waste generated per year (2000).

SOURCE: OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002

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H.A.D.Azare
16th October 2011 		Hi,
d world is no doubt a mere village hence any missing data 4m African continent proofs incompleteness whatsoever. How would U compare DEVELOPED and UNDERDEVELOPED Countries without data 4m AFRICA??? Anyway, well-done sha!!!!
Rita Sanchez
10th July 2011 		Umm... i didn't really expect AUSTRALIA to be second!!!
Anyway... is this really the most recent? where are the other countries??? :0
rosehair
16th June 2011 		They calculated the total to get the average. 9730/17 gave thier average.
BOB
19th May 2011 		Hello this is a source for info.
Isah
17th May 2011 		One is surprised that no data from any African country is indicated. Why?
Gibber
21st February 2011 		Nice summary, but I would erase the row with the total. It simply doesn't make any sense.
JoJo
21st October 2009 		Good Job
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