{"id":319,"date":"2022-09-15T21:56:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T21:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T12:58:56","slug":"4-21-waste-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/endnotes\/what-weve-done-about-it\/4-21-waste-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"4.21 Waste around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Silpa Kaza<\/a><\/p>\n

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    \nthe solid-waste management sector is usually one of the top three<\/q> Kaza, S., et al., What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050<\/span><\/cite>, World Bank, 20 September 2018, https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/handle\/10986\/30317<\/a>; Clean air Coalition and United Nations Environment Programme, Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions<\/span>, 2021, https:\/\/www.ccacoalition.org\/en\/resources\/global-methane-assessment-full-report<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nSeventy-seven per cent of countries have included solutions<\/q> Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement: Synthesis Report<\/span><\/cite>, 17 September 2021, https:\/\/unfccc.int\/sites\/default\/files\/resource\/cma2021_08E.pdf<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nThis translates to regional variation<\/q> Kaza, S., et al., More Growth, Less Garbage<\/span><\/cite>, World Bank, 15 July 2021, https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/handle\/10986\/35998<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nTo prevent a further waste crisis<\/q> Ibid.\n<\/p>\n

    \nmore than one third of the waste generated globally by 2050<\/q> Ibid.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n1 per cent of the urban population works informally in waste management<\/q> Medina, M., \u2018Scrap and trade: scavenging myths\u2019<\/cite>, Our World<\/span>, 15 March 2010, https:\/\/ourworld.unu.edu\/en\/scavenging-from-waste<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nIn the fastest growing regions \u2026 more than two thirds of the waste<\/q> Kaza et al., What a Waste 2.0<\/span><\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n269 million tonnes of plastic are generated in municipal solid waste<\/q> Ibid.; Kaza et al., More Growth, Less Garbage<\/span><\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nwe expect that amount to nearly triple<\/q> PEW Charitable Trusts and SystemIQ, Breaking the Plastic Wave: A Comprehensive Assessment of Pathways towards Stopping Ocean Plastic Pollution<\/span><\/cite>, 2020, https:\/\/www.systemiq.earth\/breakingtheplasticwav<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nimagine a trash truck full of plastic bottles<\/q> World Economic Forum, The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastics<\/span><\/cite>, January 2016, https:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_The_New_Plastics_Economy.pdf<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nEighty per cent of the plastic entering the oceans<\/q> Ocean Conservancy and McKinsey Center for Business and Environment, Stemming the Tide: Land-based Strategies for a Plastic-free Ocean<\/span><\/cite>, September 2015, https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/33z9p2eu; and Statement of Accountability: https:\/\/oceanconservancy.org\/trash-free-seas\/take-deep-dive\/stemming-the-tide\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nthe 150 million tonnes of plastics \u2026 will more than quadruple<\/q> PEW Charitable Trusts and SystemIQ, Breaking the Plastic Wave<\/span><\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \ncumulative improvements driven by high-income countries are not sufficient<\/q> World Bank, Bridging the Gap in Solid Waste Management: Governance Requirements for Results<\/span><\/cite>, 15 July 2021, https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/handle\/10986\/35703<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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