Waste

ISSUES

A kilo a day
In France, each person produces almost a kilo of waste a day: 353 kg/inhabitant per year. That is the equivalent of 28 million tons a year in 2004. (1) As well as this household waste, there are 104 million tons of waste from local authorities and companies and farming and mining waste. In all, 849 million tons of waste are produced in France every year.
At the moment, 49% of council waste in the European Union is dumped, 18% is incinerated and 33% is recycled or used for compost (2) [Débat]

NEWS

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DEBATES

What Makes Europe Greener than the U.S.?

Elisabeth Rosenthal

It was late and raining this summer when I approached the information desk at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport to inquire about how...

Total recycling' aims to make landfill history

Total recycling' aims to make landfill historyBY 2011 all...

Redesigning the Materials Economy

Redesigning the materials economy In nature, one-way linear...

FOCUS

Recycling our waste

A US citizen produces 1,650 Ib (750 kilograms) of household waste per year, and a city-dweller in India produces around 220 Ib (100 kilograms). These figures are rising all the time. The waste that we produce is a reflection of our society, based on overconsumption and...

VIDEOS

11/03/2010	There's some scary creatures in the ocean... none more scary than plastic....	09/02/2010	Le trajet d'un banal mégot jeté dans la nature.
15/01/2010	Un cimetière de matériel militaire mis au rebut, voilà ce que montre cette...	22/12/2009	PHP is the best conditioned ship breaking site in Chittagong, a home to...

GREEN TIPS

An incentive to recycle

How can 450 000 drinks cans, that is to say the equivalent of 6 tons of aluminium, be collected and recycled...

INDICATORS

Ecological footprint
Population
Urban population

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