The given table gives the information about the waste produced in six different nations between 1980 and 2000.
Overall, there was an increase in the amount of rubbish given off in Ireland, Japan, Poland, Portugal and the US, whereas a decline was seen in the data for Korea. In addition, the US had the highest figures throughout the period.
131 million tonnes of waste were released by the US in 1980, with a subsequent rise to 151 million tonnes and finally grew significantly to 192 million tonnes 10 years later. Similar changes, but to a lesser extent, can be seen in the figures for Portugal and Poland, growing from 2 million tonnes and 4 million tonnes in 1980 to 3 million tonnes and 5 million tonnes in 1990, and increased to 6.6 million tonnes and 5 million tonnes in the last year of the period respectively.
Waste production in Japan started at 28 million tonnes. after which it experienced a consistent rise to 32 million tonnes in 1990, before ending the period at 53 million tonnes. The statistics for Ireland was at 0.6 million tonnes in 1980, followed by a growth to 5 million tonnes at the end of the period. In contrast, the share of waste emitted in Korea declined from 32 million tonnes in 1990 to 19 million tonnes in 2000.