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Waste

A plastic-eating protein grown in a British laboratory could revolutionise recycling and prevent thousands of tonnes of non-biodegradable waste clogging up landfill sites and the world's oceans.
Waste generation is expected to increase from 0.78 kg per capita per day in year 2002 to 1.0 kg per capita per day in 2025.
Waste generation in Africa is projected to grow to 244 million tonnes per year by 2025.
A study by the European Environment Agency noted that the amount of municipal waste was expected to grow by 25 per cent from 2005 to 2020.
A new Chinese regulation banning the import of 24 different types of waste will come into force.
Implementing resource efficiency opportunities in buildings, food waste and transport could increase European GDP by 11% by 2030 and 27% by 2050 in a circular scenario.
PwC sees extensive opportunities for sectors such as alternative energy, waste management, recycling, and other environmentally-conscious markets.
The amount of plastic waste produced by the UK will rise from 5.2 million tons this year to 6.3 million in 2030.
A deposit return scheme could help to boost the UK's plastic recycling rate to 90% and help businesses repurpose plastic waste streams by assigning them a value.
The development of innovative technologies for waste management and recycling will support the competitiveness of the EU industry.
The Baltic countries produce a large share of non-CO2 emissions (agriculture, industry processes, waste management), which are much more difficult to reduce than CO2 emissions from energy use: In the BPO, the share of non-CO2 emissions will increase from 25% in 2015 to 50% in 2050.
Cities generated 1.3 billion tonnes of solid waste per year in 2012 and is expected to rise to 2.2 billion tonnes by 2025.
An average 10% movement in the CV of Residual Waste in the UK could change the 2030 capacity gap analysis by + / 1.5 Mt.
Global production of municipal solid waste was around 1.3 billion tonnes per year in 2012 and it is expected to rise to 2.2 billion tonnes annually by 2025.
The UK government says its plan to eliminate plastic waste "includes single-use products like wet wipes".
Waste water management is expected to be the largest segment in the global market owing to increasing demand for clean, potable, controlling and managing water flow.
The amount of e-waste generated is expected to hit 50m tonnes by the end of 2018.
The European Commission will begin to introduce regulations and measures to the European Parliament in 2018 and 2019, including a proposal on the regulation of single-use plastics, packaging waste, and port waste management
The amount of e-waste generated in Victoria is projected to increase from 109,000 tonnes in 2015 to approximately 256,000 tonnes in 2035.
US spending on most other segments of construction is expected to grow in line with inflation or slightly better and are considered stable: The only segments expected to decline in 2018 are the sewage and waste and water supply segments.
India will generate 130 million tons of e-waste by 2018 from the current 93.5 million tons in 2016: And by 2020, India is expected to generate 260 million tons of e-waste.
Indonesia recently vowed to reduce plastic waste, but this will only solve one element of marine pollution; the country is simply too focused on achieving food and energy security and becoming one of the world's 10 largest economies by 2030.
Global plastic waste is expected to reach 12 billion metric tons by 2050.

Last updated: 17 June 2018

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