Global annual per capita generation of organic waste by country 2017

Published by Ian Tiseo, Feb 6, 2023
This statistic describes the per capita generation of organic waste in North America in 2017, with a breakdown by country. During that year, the annual per capita waste production in the United States was 652.1 kilograms per year, compared to 327.3 kilograms per person in Mexico.

Organic waste generation per capita in North America in 2017, by country

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Release date

December 2017

Region

Canada, Mexico, United States

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

All figures are estimates.

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