The table chart illustrates changes in the amount of waste production in six different nations from 1980 to 2000.
In general, it is noticeable that only upward trends were observed in all the given categories throughout the period. The USA recorded the highest amount of waste production during the period shown, while the opposite was true for Ireland.
In the initial period, the US was dominant, with 191 million tonnes waste being produced. In the following decades, there was a dramatic rise reaching a peak of 192 million tonnes in the last year. By contrast, Ireland accounted for 600k, the lowest amount of waste in the first year. After which it declined significantly to 0 in 1990, before a gradual growth to 5 million tonnes in the final year. However, this country maintained the last position.
At the beginning of the period, Japan took the second largest amount of waste production, making up 28 million tonnes, which was followed by a steady increase to 53 million over the period. The amount of Poland and Portugal waste production were 4 and 2 millions tonnes, respectively in the year 1980. The latter saw a minor rise to 6.6 million tonnes in 2000, while the former witnessed a gradual go up to 5 million tonnes by the end of the period. Korea was not available waste production in 1980. After that, this figure showed a substantial increase to 31 million tonnes, before a tremendous reduction to 19 million tonnes during the period.