Waste management

Waste management anaa waste disposal dey include de processes den actions dem require make dem manage waste from ein inception to ein final disposal. Dis dey include de collection, transport, treatment, den disposal of waste, togeda plus monitoring den regulation of de waste management process den waste-related laws, technologies, den economic mechanisms.

Waste either fi be solid, liquid, anaa gases den each type get different methods of disposal den management. Waste management dey deal plus all types of waste, wey dey include industrial, chemical, municipal, organic, biomedical, den radioactive wastes. Insyd sam cases, waste fi pose a threat to human health. Health issues be associated plus de entire process of waste management. Health issues sanso fi arise indirectly anaa directly: directly thru de handling of solid waste, den indirectly thru de consumption of water, soil, den chow. Waste be produced by human activity, for example, de extraction den processing of raw materials. Waste management be intended make e reduce de adverse effects of waste for human health top, de environment, planetary resources, den aesthetics.

De aim of waste management be make e reduce de dangerous effects of such waste for de environment den human health top. A big part of waste management dey deal plus municipal solid waste, wich be created by industrial, commercial, den household activity.

Waste management practices no be de same across countries (developed den developing nations); regions (urban den rural areas), den residential den industrial sectors all fi take different approaches.

 Statistics den trends 
+Waste generated by country, 2020Country GDP (USD)Population Total waste dem generate (t)Share of population wey dey live insyd urban areas Waste dem generate per capita (kg/person)Aruba35,563103,18788,13244%854Afghanistan2,05734,656,0325,628,52526%162Angola8,03725,096,1504,213,64467%168Albania13,7242,854,1911,087,44762%381Andorra43,71282,43143,00088%522United Arab Emirates67,1199,770,5295,617,68287%575Argentina23,55042,981,51617,910,55092%417Armenia11,0202,906,220492,80063%170American Samoa11,11355,59918,98987%342Antigua and Barbuda17,96696,77730,58524%316Australia47,78423,789,33813,345,00086%561Austria56,0308,877,0675,219,71659%588Azerbaijan14,8549,649,3412,930,34956%304Burundi8406,741,5691,872,01614%278Belgium51,91511,484,0554,765,88398%415Benin2,2275,521,763685,93648%124Burkina Faso1,92518,110,6242,575,25131%142Bangladesh3,196155,727,05614,778,49738%95Bulgaria22,2797,025,0372,859,19076%407Bahrain47,9381,425,171951,94390%668Bahamas35,400386,838264,00083%682Bosnia and Herzegovina12,6713,535,9611,248,71849%353Belarus18,3089,489,6164,280,00079%451Belize7,259359,288101,37946%282Bermuda80,98264,79882,000100%1,265Bolivia7,98410,724,7052,219,05270%207Brazil14,596208,494,89679,069,58487%379Barbados15,445280,601174,81531%623Brunei60,866423,196216,25378%511Bhutan6,743686,958111,31442%162Botswana14,1262,014,866210,85471%105Central African Republic8234,515,3921,105,98342%245Canada47,67235,544,56425,103,03482%706Switzerland68,3948,574,8326,079,55674%709Channel Islands46,673164,541178,93331%1,087Chile20,36216,829,4426,517,00088%387China16,0921,400,050,048395,081,37661%282Ivory Coast3,66120,401,3324,440,81452%218Cameroon3,26321,655,7163,270,61758%151Democratic Republic of the Congo1,05678,736,15214,385,22646%183Republic of the Congo4,9002,648,507451,20068%170Colombia12,52346,406,64812,150,12081%262Comoros2,960777,42491,01329%117Cape Verde6,354513,979132,55567%258Costa Rica18,1694,757,5751,460,00081%307Cuba12,98511,303,6872,692,69277%238Curaçao27,504153,82224,70489161Cayman Islands66,20759,17260,000100%1,014Cyprus39,5451,198,575769,48567%642Germany53,78583,132,80050,627,87677%609Djibouti6,597746,221114,99778%154Dominica11,70972,40013,17671%182Denmark57,8215,818,5534,910,85988%844Dominican Republic15,32810,528,3944,063,91083%386Algeria11,82640,606,05212,378,74074%305Ecuador11,89616,144,3685,297,21164%328Egypt10,30187,813,25621,000,00043%239Eritrea1,7154,474,690726,95741%162Spain40,98647,076,78022,408,54881%476Estonia36,9561,326,590489,51269%369Ethiopia1,77999,873,0326,532,78722%65Finland48,8145,520,3143,124,49886%566Fiji10,788867,086189,39057%218France46,11067,059,88836,748,82081%548Faroe Islands44,40348,84261,00042%1,249Federated States of Micronesia3,440104,93726,04023%248Gabon18,5151,086,137238,10290%219United Kingdom46,29066,460,34430,771,14084%463Georgia12,6053,717,100800,00059%215Ghana3,09321,542,0083,538,27557%164Gibraltar43,71233,62316,954100%504Guinea1,6238,132,552596,91137%73Gambia2,1811,311,349193,44163%148Guinea-Bissau1,8001,770,526289,51444%164Equatorial Guinea24,8271,221,490198,44373%162Greece30,46510,716,3225,615,35380%524Grenada13,208105,48129,53637%280Greenland43,94956,90550,00087%879Guatemala8,12516,252,4292,756,74152%170Guam59,075159,973141,50095%885Guyana9,812746,556179,25227%240Hong Kong57,2167,305,7005,679,816100%777Honduras5,3969,112,8672,162,02858%237Croatia28,8294,067,5001,810,03858%445Haiti2,95310,847,3342,309,85257%213Hungary32,6439,769,9493,780,97072%387Indonesia10,531261,115,45665,200,00057%250Isle of Man44,20480,75950,55153%626India6,4971,352,617,344189,750,00035%140Ireland83,3894,867,3162,910,65564%598Iran14,53680,277,42417,885,00076%223Iraq10,31136,115,64813,140,00071%364Iceland55,274343,400225,27094%656Israel37,6888,380,1005,400,00093%644Italy42,42060,297,39630,088,40071%499Jamaica9,5512,881,3551,051,69556%365Jordan10,4138,413,4642,529,99791%301Japan41,310126,529,10442,720,00092%338Kazakhstan22,70316,791,4244,659,74058%278Kenya3,33041,350,1525,595,09928%135Kyrgyzstan4,8055,956,9001,113,30037%187Cambodia3,36415,270,7901,089,00024%71Kiribati2,250114,39535,72456%312Saint Kitts and Nevis25,56954,28832,89231%606South Korea42,10551,606,63220,452,77681%396Kuwait58,8102,998,0831,750,000100%584Laos6,5446,663,967351,90036%53Lebanon16,9675,603,2792,040,00089%364Liberia1,3333,512,932564,46752%161Libya8,4806,193,5012,147,59681%347Saint Lucia14,030177,20677,61619%438Liechtenstein45,72736,54532,38214%886Sri Lanka12,28721,203,0002,631,65019%124Lesotho1,9791,965,66273,45729%37Lithuania37,2782,786,8441,315,39068%472Luxembourg114,323619,896490,33891%791Latvia30,9821,912,789839,71468%439Macau117,336612,167377,942100%617Morocco6,91534,318,0806,852,00064%200Monaco43,71237,78346,000100%1,217Moldova10,3613,554,1083,981,20043%1,120Madagascar1,56624,894,5523,768,75939%151Maldives17,285409,163211,50641%517Mexico19,332125,890,95253,100,00081%422Marshall Islands3,62952,7938,61478%163North Macedonia16,1482,082,958626,97058%301Mali2,00816,006,6701,937,35444%121Malta43,708502,653348,84195%694Myanmar1,09446,095,4644,677,30731%101Montenegro20,753622,227329,78067%530Mongolia10,9403,027,3982,900,00069%958Northern Mariana Islands60,95654,03632,76192%606Mozambique1,21727,212,3822,500,00037%92Mauritania4,7843,506,288454,00055%129Mauritius20,6471,263,473438,00041%347Malawi99916,577,1471,297,84417%78Malaysia23,90630,228,01612,982,68577%429Namibia6,1531,559,983256,72952%165New Caledonia57,330278,000108,15772%389Niger1,0388,842,4151,865,64617%211Nigeria4,690154,402,17627,614,83052%179Nicaragua4,6125,737,7231,528,81659%266Netherlands56,84917,332,8508,805,08892%508Norway64,9625,347,8964,149,96783%776Nepal2,90228,982,7721,768,97721%61Nauru11,16713,0496,192100%475New Zealand41,8574,692,7003,405,00087%726Oman30,5363,960,9251,734,88586%438Pakistan4,571193,203,47230,760,00037%159Panama28,4363,969,2491,472,26268%371Peru11,87730,973,3548,356,71178%270Philippines7,705103,320,22414,631,92347%142Palau18,27521,5039,42781%438Papua New Guinea3,9127,755,7851,000,00013%129Poland33,22237,970,87212,758,21360%336Puerto Rico34,3113,473,1814,170,95394%1,201Portugal34,96210,269,4175,268,21166%513Paraguay11,8106,639,1191,818,50162%274Palestine5,9864,046,9011,387,00077%343French Polynesia60,956273,528147,00062%537Qatar96,2622,109,5681,000,99099%475Romania29,98419,356,5445,419,83354%280Russia26,013143,201,68060,000,00075%419Rwanda1,95111,917,5084,384,96917%368Saudi Arabia48,92131,557,14416,125,70184%511Sudan4,19238,647,8042,831,29135%73Senegal3,06815,411,6142,454,05948%159Singapore97,3415,703,6001,870,000100%328Solomon Islands2,596563,513179,97225%319Sierra Leone1,2385,439,695610,22243%112El Salvador7,3296,164,6261,648,99673%267San Marino58,80633,20317,17597%517Somalia1,86314,317,9962,326,09946%162Serbia18,3516,944,9752,347,40256%338South Sudan1,79611,177,4902,680,68120%240São Tomé and Príncipe3,721191,26625,58774%134Suriname16,954526,10378,62066%149Slovakia31,9665,454,0732,296,16554%421Slovenia39,0382,087,9461,052,32555%504Sweden52,60910,285,4534,618,16988%449Eswatini8,3211,343,098218,19924%162Seychelles23,30388,30348,00058%544Syria8,58720,824,8924,500,00055%216Chad1,73311,887,2021,358,85124%114Togo1,4047,228,9151,109,03043%153Thailand16,30268,657,60026,853,36651%391Tajikistan2,6168,177,8091,787,40028%219Turkmenistan11,4715,366,277500,00053%93Timor-Leste3,3451,268,67163,87531%50Tonga5,636104,95117,23823%164Trinidad and Tobago28,9111,328,100727,87453%548Tunisia10,50511,143,9082,700,00070%242Turkey28,28983,429,61635,374,15676%424Tuvalu3,79311,0973,98964%360Tanzania2,12949,082,9969,276,99535%189Uganda1,97235,093,6487,045,05025%201Ukraine11,53545,004,64415,242,02570%339Uruguay20,5883,431,5521,260,14096%367United States61,498326,687,488265,224,52883%812Uzbekistan5,16429,774,5004,000,00050%134Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11,972109,45531,56153%288Venezuela14,27029,893,0809,779,09388%327British Virgin Islands24,21620,64521,09949%1,022United States Virgin Islands30,437105,784146,50096%1,385Vietnam5,08986,932,4969,570,30037%110Vanuatu3,062270,40270,22526%260Samoa6,211187,66527,39918%146Yemen8,27027,584,2124,836,82038%175South Africa12,66751,729,34418,457,23267%357Zambia3,20114,264,7562,608,26845%183Zimbabwe3,19112,500,5251,449,75232%116
 Scientific journals 
Related scientific journals insyd dis area dey include:

 Environmental and Resource Economics
 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
 Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management
 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

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