The table demonstrates the amount of waste which was produced by six distinct countries across the globe over two decades.
Overall, it is estimated that the nation with the largest amount of waste production is the United States. By contrast, the least quantities of waste produced is in Ireland in the ten-year interval with only 5,6 millions of tons. With the exception of Korea, there is an increasing trend of waste production in all five remaining countries.
Upon closer inspection, it is evident that America produced the largest amount of waste at the first row of 1980 by 131 million. Over time, the quantities of waste output surged quickly as the final result was 192 million. The figure of Japan rose steadily from 28 million to 53 million tonnes of waste production. What is noticeable is that Korea was illustrated as the only country to see a decrease to only 19 million, less than the last ten years accurately 12 million.
When it comes to Poland, there is an insignificant increase in the waste materials as the final amount is calculated to be 6,6 million, more than 2.6 millions from the start. Even though Ireland’s amount of waste only started off with 0,6 million in 1980, 20 years later the amount of waste production is the same as Portugal in 2000.