Finland produces 20 tonnes of waste a year per person; 520 kg of it is municipal
The rest is mostly rock and soil from mining and construction. Germany has more municipal waste per person, 602 kg, but 4.3 times less waste overall, 4.6 t. Data for 2022.
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Municipal waste is what leaves homes, shops and offices. It is a small share of a country's waste: in mining countries waste rock and tailings weigh most, elsewhere soil and construction debris.
Pairs of bars: all waste and municipal waste per person in 2022, kg; Bulgaria also has a lot of mining waste.
- Finland: All waste per person (all activities and households) kg per person a year
2022: 19,948
- Finland: Municipal waste per person kg per person a year
2022: 520
- Bulgaria: All waste per person (all activities and households) kg per person a year
2022: 15,004
- Bulgaria: Municipal waste per person kg per person a year
2022: 463
- Germany: All waste per person (all activities and households) kg per person a year
2022: 4,638
- Germany: Municipal waste per person kg per person a year
2022: 602
- Finland: Waste excluding major mineral waste per person kg per person a year
2022: 1,800
All waste: Eurostat env_wasgen, all economic activities and households, mineral waste included; reported every two years. Municipal: OECD, municipal waste per person. Kilograms divided by 1,000 give tonnes.
Two sources, two definitions: Eurostat's all waste includes municipal waste, but its household line is built differently from the OECD's. Without mineral waste Finland has 1.8 t per person; that series is in the base too. Weight says nothing about harm: a tonne of soil is not a tonne of plastic.
A question for this picture
How much municipal waste is recycled, and how much goes to landfill?