WB warned about the global waste crisis

On June 6, the World Bank (WB) warned of an increasingly serious waste crisis and burdened the financial and environmental giants for governments.

In the "Global Assessment of Solid Waste Management" report , WB identified an increasing amount of waste from urban residents as a major challenge as well as climate change, and cost. Waste disposal will be a burden for poor countries, especially in Africa.

WB experts estimate that by 2025, the total amount of waste generated by urban residents will be 2.2 billion tons / year - an increase of 70% compared to the current 1.3 billion tons, while the cost of treatment Solid waste is expected to reach 375 billion USD / year, compared with 205 billion USD at the present time.

According to the World Bank, these figures need to be seen as a wake-up call for a future waste crisis, in the context of improved urban life quality and an explosion in population. increase.

WB experts call on policy makers around the world to devise waste treatment and recycling plans to limit greenhouse gases and enhance solid and solid waste treatment. especially in cities with rapid urbanization and low-income countries.

According to the World Bank, China - the country that has surpassed the United States to become the world's largest waste water waste in 2004, now accounts for 70% of the waste of the entire East Asia - Pacific region.

The second economy in the world and other regions in East Asia and many regions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East have the fastest growing rate of "manufacturing" urban solid waste in the world.