The given table illustrates the number of waste production following the period of 1980, 1990 and 2000 in six different nations namely Ireland, Japan, Korea, Poland, Portugal, US.
In general, Korea experienced a downward trend, as opposed to the other five countries’ upward tendencies. What also stands out from the table is that Ireland witnessed the most significant increase, yet the US headed the list of waste production amounts over the period.
In detail, there was a slight decline in Korean waste, making it 1.5 times lower in compare with the previous year. Noticeably, Korea reported no data in 1990. Looking at Japan figures, it started at 28 million tonnes, and it reported a sharp climb approximately by twice. One striking point is that the amount of waste from Poland moderately grew, from 4 million tonnes to 6.6 million tonnes. In addition, Portugal was the second lowest with 2 million tonnes in 1980, and its data in 2000 was as much as that of Poland in 1990.
As regards Ireland, its waste production figures were ranked the first in terms of growth rate, by almost tenfold throughout the given time without data reported in 1990. Another remarkable feature is that American waste production amounts were the most near the other five countries, ranging from 131 to 192 million tonnes.