The table compares the waste output based on six nations, in three years : 1980, 1990 and 2000. Overall, it is evident that US produced the highest amount of waste across all countries, while Korea was the only that cut down their production of waste.
Regarding the waste production in Poland, there was a slight rise for 2.6 million over 20 years, whereas this amount in Portugal was 3 millions. In 1980, Japan produced 28 million of tones of trash, this figure increased significantly to 53 million in 2000, which five times more than in Portugal. US was recorded for the largest production of waste across 3 years. This nation’s figure rose notably for 61 million over 20 years, resulted in 192 million in 2000, which was nearly fourfold compared to Japan.
Turning to Ireland, the trash output of this nation witnessed a remarkably growth, which approximately ten times after 20 years, from 0.6 million to 5 million. Lastly, it is clear that there was no country except Korea which decreased the waste production, since its figure failed for 18 millions, with 19 million left in 2000.
