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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. This only takes into consideration the average household member and does not count industrial waste or commercial trash. If this sounds like a staggering number, you would be surprised to know that Americans are not the number one producers of garbage in the world. In Mexico, the average household produces 30 percent more garbage than in America.
---- wisegeek.com 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. This only takes into consideration the average household member and does not count industrial waste or commercial trash. If this sounds like a staggering number, you would be surprised to know that Americans are not the number one producers of garbage in the world. In Mexico, the average household produces 30 percent more garbage than in America.
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What percent of the World's Garbage is Plastics?
Around 24%.
How is garbage overload affecting the world?
Garbage overload is affect the world because it uses about 80 percent of the world's natural resources. Another way it's affect the world is that when most of the garbage that is thrown out can be recycled, it continues to pile up every day and filling up the landfills.
Where does the world's garbage go?
Some things are recycled, but most of the garbage is either burned or buried underground.
How many kids around the world skate?
About 57% (percent) of the kids around the world skate. That means 43% (percent) of the kids around the world don't .
What is the percent of pet abuse around the world?
about 85.2 percent of animal abuse in the world
Can wrecked cars be properly recycled?
Wrecked cars are one of the most important items which are recycled in the world, especially by weight. There are hundreds of millions of vehicles in the world and each of them contains around 500$ to 800$ worth of metals which can be recycled and used to make other things. Other types of materials are separated out and recycled as best possible.
Is fly a noun word?
Yes or no. There is fly as in " Afly was buzzing around the garbage." or fly as in " The airplane flys around the world."
Is the word fly a noun?
Yes or no. There is fly as in " Afly was buzzing around the garbage." or fly as in " The airplane flys around the world."
What is the percent of water in a tundra?
the percent of tundra around the world is 40%
Where is plastic ending up?
Some plastic is being recycled; some plastic is going into landfills; some is scattered around cities and countrysides around the world; and a great deal of plastic from all over the world has been collecting in the Pacific Ocean for many years creating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. There is also evidence that plastic is also collecting in the Atlantic Ocean. See the links below.
How common is aids around the world?
40 million around the world 70 percent in Africa
What percent of kids play sports around the world?
around 64%
