The given pie charts illustrate the total amount of packaging materials each person consumed and give a breakdown of the specific material types in Europe, Japan, and the USA in 2000, measured in kilograms.
Overall, the majority of packaging materials was utilized in the USA. While the dominant material in terms of consumption in both the USA and Japan was paper and board, it was plastics in Europe.
Regarding Japan and the USA, the use of paper and board in both nations made up around the half of the total amount, which was 151 kg for the former and 200 kg for the latter. By comparison, the use of this material in Europe was not as considerable, only standing at a figure of 38, a kg lesser than that of plastics. It is also noticeable that the European and the American only utilized a minimal amount of aluminium. The amount of tinplate and plastics in these two places all hovered around the 20 kg point.
With reference to the remaining categories of Japan, the consumption of these four recored similar figures which range from 17 to 19 kg per person, indicating a more proportionate use compared to the other two.
