According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces about 4.4 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day, or a total of 29 pounds (13 kg) per week and 1,600 pounds (726 kg) a year.
About 120,000 pounds of garbage are produced each day at Disney World.
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700,000,000,000,000,000,002 tons!
Worldwide, over 750 million metric tons of maize, or corn, are produced each year.
Probably 77 hefty bags per day
Every day, one human wastes 4.4 pounds of garbage, multiply that by 3 billion and get 13,200,000,000 pounds
Around 270 million metric tons of sulfuric acid are produced per year worldwide.
Prince George's County in Maryland produces approximately 1,225 tons of garbage per day.
On average, about 825 million metric tons worldwide.
over 10 pounds
Britain throws away millions of tons of garbage each year. Much of it ends up in landfill while some is burned or recycled.
A lot