The table below shows the amount of waste production (in millions of tonnes) in six different countries over a twenty-year period.

The table given illustrates a comparison of waste produced in six countries from 1980 to 2000. All figures are given in million tones. Looking from an

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perspective, it is evident that the amount of excess in the US took the lead for over 20 years,

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a reverse pattern could be observed in the remaining categories. In 1980, the amount of rubbish

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in the US was the highest, at 131. These figures in Japan

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and Poland were lower, about 28 and 4, respectively.

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, the data on Ireland accounted for the lowest value, at 0,6, followed by 2 in Portugal. In the following years, the proportion of trash manufacturing increased to 151 in 1990 and reached 192 over 20 years.

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these figures in Japan, Poland and Portugal rose to 53, 6,6 and 5 in 2000, the level of waste production in Korea declined to 19. In condition,

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number in Ireland reached 5

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of the period, which was unclear in 1990.