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theatlantic: 2.6 Trillion Pounds of Garbage: Where Does the World’s Trash Go? This year, the world will generate 2.6 trillion pounds of garbage — the weight of about 7,000 Empire State Buildings. What kind of trash is it? Where does it all go?  The answer is that just under half of it comes from “organic” waste — food — and the advanced nations making up the OECD account for an equal share of the world’s trash, according to a new report this week from the World Bank. Read more. [Image: World Bank]

theatlantic:

2.6 Trillion Pounds of Garbage: Where Does the World’s Trash Go?

This year, the world will generate 2.6 trillion pounds of garbage — the weight of about 7,000 Empire State Buildings. What kind of trash is it? Where does it all go? 

The answer is that just under half of it comes from “organic” waste — food — and the advanced nations making up the OECD account for an equal share of the world’s trash, according to a new report this week from the World Bank.

Read more. [Image: World Bank]

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