Environment: Waste production must peak this century
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By 2025 the global urban population is estimated to generate more than 6 Mt of solid waste daily.
“by 2025 the global urban population is estimated to generate > 6 Mt of solid waste daily (Hoornweg et al. 2013).”
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Per capita use of plastics generally scales with local gross domestic product.
“The former generally scales with the local gross domestic product (GDP) (Hoornweg et al., 2013)”
From Future Scenarios of Global Plastic Waste Generation and Disposal (2019) · cites this paper as Hoornweg et al., 2013
This is in good agreement with previous projections of solid waste generation with daily estimates above 6 Mt in 2025.
“This is in good agreement with previous projections of solid waste generation (Hoornweg et al., 2013) with daily estimates above 6 Mt in 2025.”
From Future Scenarios of Global Plastic Waste Generation and Disposal (2019) · cites this paper as Hoornweg et al., 2013
This increase is also in good agreement with municipal solid waste generation projections which are not expected to peak within this century.
“This increase is also in good agreement with municipal solid waste generation projections which are not expected to peak within this century (Hoornweg et al., 2013).”
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- Authors
- Hoornweg, D., Bhada-Tata, P., & Kennedy, C.
- Affiliations
- Ontario Tech University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Hoornweg, Daniel
- ORCID
- Hoornweg, Daniel
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2013-10-30
- Volume
- 502
- Issue
- 7473
- Pages
- 615-617
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2083908570
- Cited by
- 785
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 37 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 83 · 2023: 87 · 2022: 107 · 2021: 114 · 2020: 71 · 2019: 92 · 2018: 57 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 6 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 22.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Keywords
- waste generation, waste reduction, population growth, urbanization, environmental sustainability
- MeSH terms
- Conservation of Natural Resources, Developing Countries, Environmental Pollution, Population Growth, Urbanization, Waste Management, Developed Countries, Solid Waste
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