Re:World’s consumption of materials hits record 100bn tonnes...
by thrwaway69 on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @01:52PM
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I suggest western countries stop outsourcing manufacturing at peanuts (so those poor countries can make effective recycling, cleaning plants, etc), sending off their garbage and pretending total waste produced by more people should be the same as total waste produced by less people.
Per capita, people in developed countries are polluting far more. Comparing the total waste of Canada or US to India is similiar to saying CEO deserves more money because he works much harder than hundreds of people under them.
India has 1.34 billion people while US has almost 4x less and Canada 36x less.
An average American produce enough plastic for 10 Indians. Poor countries than india have even less per capita wastage.
Per capita, people in developed countries are polluting far more. Comparing the total waste of Canada or US to India is similiar to saying CEO deserves more money because he works much harder than hundreds of people under them.
India has 1.34 billion people while US has almost 4x less and Canada 36x less.
An average American produce enough plastic for 10 Indians. Poor countries than india have even less per capita wastage.