The table shows the amount of waste production in six countries in three different years.

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produced among six nations in three separate years.

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number of

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witnessed significant growth over the period shown, in which the US accounted for the majority that outnumbered that of the rest of the countries combined. In 1980, Americans produced 131

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the figure rose to 151 and 192 in 1990 and 2000 respectively, ranking first in the table consecutively. At the same time, 53

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materials were produced in Japan, which the number almost doubled compared with two decades ago.

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production was relatively lower in the three European countries but grew considerably during the 20-year period, among which Ireland, Poland and Portugal reached 5, 6.6 and 5

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, with approximately 8 times, 1.5 times and 2 times increases.

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data in 1980 was unknown, the figure for producing

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in South Korea decreased from 31 to 19

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