OECD Factbook 2005 – Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics – Municipal waste

The quantity of municipal waste generated in the OECD area has been rising since 1980 and reached 585 million tonnes in recent years (570 kg per capita). Generation intensity – ie kilogrammes per capita – has risen mostly in line with private final consumption expenditure and GDP, but there has been a slowdown in the rate of growth in recent years., according to the OECD’s new Factbook released