North America's GHG emissions per capita from solid waste by country 2017

Published by Ian Tiseo, Feb 6, 2023
This statistic describes the annual per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from solid waste disposal in North America in 2017, with a breakdown by country. During the period, per capita emissions from waste amounted to 0.73 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in Canada.

Annual per capita greenhouse gas emissions from solid waste disposal in North America in 2017, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)

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Release date

December 2017

Region

Canada, Mexico, United States

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

All figures are estimates.
* Per capita figure provided ranges from 0.15 to 0.21 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, however, it is noted that Mexico's emissions from organic waste management are likely much higher.

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