waste is usualy tied to quality of life ~

so im not totaly suprised about the per capita list

tho most likely those graphs are wrong

as i doubt heavily that china logs their waste

unlike most other countries

considering they are responsible from about half of the worlds ozone depletion~

China wastes so much shit but they've been conditioned to think they don't

And no porc, you're wrong. China Vietnam Indonesia are huge waste powerhouses

Even taking the population into account

It's hard to compare a massive country like China to small places like Euro countries but still

per capita is only comparison chart worth to look for when comparing nations~

but it all depends if the nation reports their statistics properly

and if cities etc report it

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/02/daily-chart-14

I'm sure there is a more updated list but I'm on mobile

When chinks argue this, they mostly talk about plastic waste

As yes, chinks love to recycle metal and other things as long as it's money

(if anyone can find an updated list that'd be sweet)

i doubt there is more up to date listing since 2015

This also doesn't mean that they create less waste - it mostly means that the countries have good systems in place to make sure the shit doesn't get into the ocean

But one look at almost any Chinese beach will tell you they dump a lot of their trash in the rivers and ocean

I see people litter here 50x more than I ever saw in the states

littering yes, I was mostly talking food waste for some reason

Food waste I'm not sure about. Chinks love to waste food at weddings, but outside of that they are fine

even that ^ is quite complex to measure

does food waste count only "from homes"

or does it include industrial waste material too

Yeah I think the west wastes more food at home because chinks shop everyday for groceries

as chinks for sure use more pieces from their animals than most of the countries

I wouldn't say so, industrial food waste is by far the biggest food waste in the EU because of the strict regulations

grocery stores throw away tons of perfectly fine food only because it's past best before

and literaly throw > tear open packets/poison them to prevent dumbster divers

>locket trashbins

etc etc

Like I was in Aldi last week because my gf wanted hot pot and Aldi has really nice thin sliced beef. Deep frozen. It was 1 day past best before but fucking frozen. Who the hell cares, right? I did not even want it for free, I wanted to pay for it and they refused to sell it because they are not allowed

You would probably never see that in China

i know that feel

Nah everything is past due in China haha

"this product has been in deepfreeze section for 3 years now but its 1 day past best before date so you cant buy it"

They don't even have a best before date, only "manufactured on" dates

that's a more sane thing to do