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[โ€“] TiredSpider@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ahh yes Americans and Europeans, the only people who over consume.

[โ€“] PatFussy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ok so i decided to look into it and I did an "america bad" type of meme. Given that US and EU only account for 1/9 th of the world but make up about 40% of the waste is still huge. Ill provide a source below.

Source1: https://www.statista.com/statistics/916749/global-generation-of-municipal-solid-waste-by-country/

Source2: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstreams/92a50475-3878-5984-829e-0a09a6a9badc/download