Way Off facts · 🏙️ Cities
How many tonnes of rubbish do the world's cities and towns generate every year?
2 billion
tonnes per year
2,000,000,000 exactly, give or take
The world generates around 2 billion tonnes of municipal waste a year — enough to fill a line of garbage trucks wrapping around the Earth 25 times.SOURCEWorld Bank, What a Waste 2.0
Scale check: 2 billion is roughly 1 in 8 people on Earth.
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