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TEPIC, Mexico, Sept 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Global waste could grow by 70 percent by 2050 as urbanisation and populations rise, said the World Bank on Thursday, with South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa set to generate the biggest increase in rubbish. Countries could reap economic and environmental benefits by better collecting, recycling and disposing of trash, according to a report, which calculated that a third of the world’s waste is instead dumped openly, with no treatment. “We really need to pay attention to South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, as by 2050, South Asia’s waste will double, sub-Saharan Africa’s waste will triple,” said Silpa Kaza, World Bank urban development specialist and report lead author. “If we don’t take any action it could have quite significant implications for health, productivity, environment, livelihoods,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Belarus. The rise in rubbish will outstrip population growth, reaching 3.4 billion tons by 2050 from around 2 billion tons in 2016, according to the report. High-income countries produce a third of the world’s waste, despite having only 16 percent of world’s population, while a quarter comes from East Asia and the Pacific regions, it said. While more than a third of waste globally ends up in landfill, over 90 percent is dumped openly in lower income countries that often lack adequate disposal and treatment facilities, said the report. A booming waste burden could also contribute to climate change impact, with the treatment and disposal of current waste levels generating around 5 percent of carbon emissions. Adequate financing for collection and disposal is one of the biggest issues for cities that often struggle to cover the costs of providing waste services, said Kaza. “If the incentives are aligned and there’s an ability for contracts to be enforced, then the private sector can be a really powerful player,” she said. Boosting recycling and cutting plastics consumption along with food waste could help reduce rubbish, said the report, which noted a number of low income countries lack laws to deal with waste. Plastics, which can contaminate waterways and ecosystems for thousands of years, comprise 12 percent of all waste, the World Bank said. “Unfortunately, it is often the poorest in society who are adversely impacted by inadequate waste management,” Laura Tuck, World Bank sustainable development vice president, said in a statement. "It doesn't have to be this way. Our resources need to be used and then reused continuously so that they don't end up in landfills." (Reporting by Sophie Hares; editing by Jared Ferrie. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, resilience, women's rights, trafficking and property rights. Visit news.trust.org/)
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Bogataši proizvode najviše smeća Bogate zemlje proizvode trećinu otpada u svijetu iako imaju samo 16 posto populacije, a četvrtina otpada na istočnu Aziju i pacifičku regiju Ionako ogromna količina otpada u svijetu mogla bi se povećati za 70 posto do 2050. zbog urbanizacije i rasta populacije, a najviše u južnoj Aziji i subsaharskoj Africi, objavila je ovaj tjedan Svjetska banka. Zemlje bi mogle imati velikih gospodarskih i ekoloških koristi od boljeg prikupljanja, recikliranja i odlaganja otpada, navodi se u izvješću objavljenom u četvrtak koje procjenjuje da se trećina svjetskog otpada umjesto toga odlaže na otvorenim prostorima bez ikakve obrade. "Doista moramo obratiti pozornost na južnu Aziju i subsaharsku Afriku jer će se do 2050. južnoazijski otpad udvostručiti, a onaj subsaharske Afrike utrostručiti", rekla je Silpa Kaza, stručnjakinja Svjetske banke za urbani razvoj i glavna autorica izvješća. Bogate zemlje proizvode trećinu otpada u svijetu iako imaju samo 16 posto populacije, a četvrtina otpada na istočnu Aziju i pacifičku regiju. Svjetska banka napominje također da neke siromašne zemlje nemaju niti zakone za zbrinjavanje otpada. Goleme količine otpada pridonose i globalnom zagrijavanju. Kaza ističe da je jedan od velikih problema osiguravanje primjerenog financiranja za prikupljanje i odlaganje otpada u gradovima. Izvješće navodi i da bi povećanje recikliranja i smanjenje potrošnje plastike i bacanja hrane moglo pomoći smanjenju ukupne količine otpada. Plastika čini 12 posto ukupne količine otpada u svijetu, navodi se u izvješću.