The world's growing municipal solid waste: trends and impacts

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 15; no. 7; pp. 74021 - 74032
• Main Authors: Chen, David Meng-Chuen, Bodirsky, Benjamin Leon, Krueger, Tobias, Mishra, Abhijeet, Popp, Alexander
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Bayesian analysis; Circular economy; compositional data; Composting; Economic development; Energy recovery; Environmental impact; environmental impacts of waste; Environmental Kuznets curve; Estimates; global future projections; Greenhouse gases; Marine pollution; Municipal solid waste; Municipal waste management; Oceans; Organic wastes; Plastic debris; Plastic pollution; Solid waste management; Trends

Global municipal waste production causes multiple environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, ocean plastic accumulation, and nitrogen pollution. However, estimates of both past and future development of waste and pollution are scarce. We apply compositional Bayesian regression to pro...