The table compares and contrasts data on the change in the amount of waste production in six different nations over a twenty-year period, measured in millions of tonnes.
A closer look at the diagram highlights the fact that the all countries had failed to manage their waste, except for Korea which had successfully reduced its. While the US dominated its waste production over the period.
Initiating at a highest amount of waste, 131, the US had witnessed a dramatic growth, reaching its peak at 192 in the next two decades, remaining the top-rank over the time. This upward trend had been also seen in Japan, Poland and Portugal. Japan’s waste output had doubled in the end of the period, from 28 to 53, while Poland and Portugal only increased from 4 to 6.6 and from 2 to 5 respectively.
Starting at a lowest point in 1980, Ireland reached 5 after two decades. Korea, by contrast, managed to cut its waste production by 19 within a decade.