The table shows the amount of total waste produced in million tonnes in six different countries in three years

The table highlights information about the amount of total

waste

generated in

million

tonnes

in six various regions in 1988, 1992 and 2000.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the quantity of total

waste

produced sharply increased in the US throughout the period,

while

Scotland witnessed just under 10

million

tonnes

until 2000. Looking into detail, in 1988, the share of total

waste

was the same in Ireland and Poland, at 10

million

tonnes

. The figure for Ireland jumped to 16,

then

decreased to approximately 10. There was a negligible fluctuation in Poland, declining to nearly 3 and rising to 18. Canada generated 20

million

tonnes

of the whole

waste

in 1988. The amount decreased to 19

million

tonnes

but in the latter year, increased to 29

million

tonnes

. As for the remaining countries, most of the total

waste

was produced by the US. The share of the US was more than 100

million

tonnes

during the period and reached a peak of 209

million

tonnes

in 2000. The amount of total

waste

was 15

million

tonnes

in Japan in 1988,

then

it increased to 22 and 25

million

tonnes

in 1992 and 2000 respectively. The figure for Scotland was very low, at 3, 2 and 5

million

tonnes

in 1988, 1992 and 2000 in terms.