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.
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