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The Environmental Protection Agency reports the United States produces approximately 220 million tons of garbage each year. This is equivalent to burying more than 82,000 football fields six feet deep in compacted garbage. There are no statistics readily available for the entire planet, but considering the United States makes up about 4% of the world's population, this is a LOT. I would personally estimate the entire planet's yearly production of garbage to be somewhere in the vicinity of 4 to 5 BILLION tons.
Here are more opinions and answers from others:
- Enough to cover Texas twice. This also fills enough trucks to form a line to the moon.
- Each American makes about 4 pounds of garbage daily. If the rest of the world produced as much as Americans, there would be about 10 MILLION tons daily, or 4 TRILLION tons yearly.
- I have an educational video that I show my students that states on average Americans generate 4.3 pounds of trash per day. Do the math: 4.3 X 365 = 1569.5 pounds per person per year. 285 million people in the US = 447307.5 Million pounds of trash. I am not confident of the final answer since I believe the figure was consumer trash production on average and did not account for industrial waste, but it is a start.
What else can I help you with?
How many pounds of garbage does each person in the US produce each year?
1,609
How much garbage does Germany produce per year?
Germany produces approximately 48.84 tons of garbage per year.
How much do trash people make in a year?
We produce about 195 million tons of garbage a year!
How much garbage does the average Canadian produce in a year?
3.8 pounds in a day
How much trash do you produce as individuals?
The average American produces about 1, 600 pounds of garbage each year.
How much money is spent each year in garbage collection in the US?
9,000,000,000 dollars U.S.
How much garbage does Britain throw away?
Britain throws away millions of tons of garbage each year. Much of it ends up in landfill while some is burned or recycled.
How much energy do Americans waste each year?
123,456,789,100 is how much Americans produce
How much waste does the UK produce each year?
97billion pounds
How much trash does Jackson county IL throw away?
over 2 million tons of garbage each year
How much of the world's gold does Australia produce each year?
country peanuts
How much waste does Canada produce each year?
30 million tonnes
