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World of Waste

djpbarry · 2012-08-14 13:28:52

The latest issue of Science is a special devoted to the subject of waste, in all its forms. In particular, there's an infographic depicting the changing nature of waste streams throughout the world: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6095/664.summary One of the most interesting stats that emerges is that municipal waste…

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The latest issue of Science is a special devoted to the subject of waste, in all its forms. In particular, there's an infographic depicting the changing nature of waste streams throughout the world:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6095/664.summary

One of the most interesting stats that emerges is that municipal waste generally represents a very small proportion of the total waste produced by humanity - the quantities of waste produced in the water treatment, construction and manufacturing industries, for example, are often far larger. Also interesting is how waste streams vary significantly from country to country.

Unfortunately, all this content is likely to be behind a pay wall, but it may be worth paying for the odd article. Even though it's a peer-reviewed journal, a lot of what Science publishes is quite accessible.

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