Vital Waste Graphics

26

27

100%

% of the population served by municipal waste services selected OECD countries

Is your waste collected? Waste collection is a basic public service performed for everyone in OECD countries. Everyone? Well, a closer look reveals that this is not the case for a significant number of people. If these developed countries can’t collect all their waste, imagine the situation in many develop- ing countries, where re- sources are much scarcer and access is sometimes problematic.

90

80

70

60

Turkey

Mexico

Hungary

Portugal

Canada

Italy

Russian Federation

South Korea

United States

Czech Republic

Greece

Slovakia

Solid waste management cost for selected cities

US dollars per person per year

70

Tallinn

60

Riga

50

London

Budapest

Fukuoka

Ulan Bator

Toronto

Strasbourg

Bucharest

New-York

40

Kathmandu

Macao

Lahore

Dakha

30

Caracas

Manilla

Hanoi

Bogota

Madras

Cebu

20

Accra

Kuala Lumpur

Sao Paulo

10

Surabaya

Buenos Aires

0

Source: MacFarlane, 1998; UN/ESCAP, IGES, 2002.