ArticleWaste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA2023
Re-assessing global municipal solid waste generation.
Article in Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- From Waste to Resource: Opportunities and Barriers for Household Solid Waste Recovery in Jimma City, Ethiopia.Environmental health insights · 2026Article
- Assessing solid waste disposal practices and environmental impacts in three communities of Ghana's Ahafo region.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Progress and Challenges in the Process of Using Solid Waste as a Catalyst for Biodiesel Synthesis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The impact of circular economy initiatives on urban air quality in the United States.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Temporomandibular Disorder in Domestic Waste Collectors: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- Integrating technology and environmental data to predict mismanaged plastic waste in a watershed.Journal of industrial ecology · 2025Article
- Distance and Direction Matters: Risk Perception Among Residents Around a Dump Yard in Kerala, India.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- A review of plastic waste circular actions in seven developing countries to achieve sustainable development goals.Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2024Review
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Abstract
This study contributes to estimate the total waste generated at global level. A few studies have provided an efficient and comprehensive global estimate. However, data reporting is globally inconsistent due to varying interpretation of terminology, lacking standardised categories and varying methodologies used to observe and measure waste amounts. This study employs regression analysis and material flow analysis approaches to ensure a cross-comparability of waste generation data. The result implies that total global waste arisings are around 20 billion tonnes in 2017. This corresponds to 2.63 tonnes of total waste per capita (cap) per year. The total global waste generated is expected to grow to 46 billion tonnes by 2050 under a business-as-usual scenario. Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a much smaller amount, ranging from 2.3 to 3.1 billion tonnes (average of 2.7 billion tonnes) in 2019. This figure reflects an increase of between 30% and 50% in MSW generated during the last 15 years (2004-2019). MSW generated is expected to grow to 2.89-4.54 billion tonnes by 2050, depending on which assumptions are used. This represents a 26%-45% increase compared to 2019. The overall assessment in this study reveals that almost one-third of the total MSW generated is not collected, and most of what is collected is not treated accordingly to current ideas of sound management. Moreover, almost 42% of MSW goes to open dumping or uncontrolled burning. The finding provides valuable insight for policymakers to design and assess circular economy policy instruments towards achieving sustainable development goals.
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