Talking Trash: The Global Garbage Crisis w/ Oliver Franklin-Wallis (G&R 243)

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals · Aug 23, 2023 · 58m

In much of the developed world, waste is out of sight and out of mind. The world generates around 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually, with at least 33% of it not managed in an environmentally safe manner, according to a 2018 World Bank report. Though high-income countries only account for 16% of the world’s population, they generate about 34% of the world’s waste each year. A third of all food produced is wasted and ends up in the garbage can. Plastic waste is another mounting issue: Across the globe, less than 10% of it is recycled, according to the most recent data from 2018…