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Guyana Ranked 5th For Trash Generation According To Worldatlas
Worldatlas published an article entitled Countries Generating The Most Trash Per Capita which provided a top ten list using the World Bank data.
Guyana is said to produce 5.33 kilogrammes per capita per day of municipal solid waste (MSW).
The worldwide average for MSW production is 1.2 kilogrammes.
The World Bank defines municipal solid waste as including βnon-hazardous waste generated in households, commercial and business establishments, institutions, and non-hazardous industrial process wastes, agricultural wastes and sewage sludgeβ.
Guyana suffers from various problems relating to water contamination, and unsightly trash build up due to its poor waste collection services is easily visible. In urban areas such as Georgetown, a lack of effective national trash management systems has resulted in unhealthy living conditions, as well as problems with polluted rainwater drainage.
Apart from Guyana, the Bahamas, St Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts and Nevis and Antigua made the top ten list.
SOURCE: Worldatlas