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Garbage Crisis

Garbage crisis refers to the growing problem of waste management around the world. The world generates over 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste per year, and that amount is expected to increase by 70% over the next 30 years. Pakistan generates around 49.6 million tons of solid waste annually, which has been increasing more than 2.4% each year. Pakistan struggles with waste management infrastructure, and much of its solid waste does not reach proper disposal sites.

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Garbage Crisis

Garbage crisis refers to the growing problem of waste management around the world. The world generates over 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste per year, and that amount is expected to increase by 70% over the next 30 years. Pakistan generates around 49.6 million tons of solid waste annually, which has been increasing more than 2.4% each year. Pakistan struggles with waste management infrastructure, and much of its solid waste does not reach proper disposal sites.

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GARBAGE CRISIS

Presented by:
Abdul Rehman Hafeez
ID:37090

Ali Raza
ID: 37671

Obaid Ur Rehman
ID: 37752
What is Garbage crisis?
Garbage, trash, rubbish, or refuse is waste material that is discarded by humans, usually due to
a perceived lack of utility.

A crisis is either any event or period that will lead to an unstable and dangerous situation
affecting an individual, group, or all of society.

The threat posed by poor waste management is particularly prominent in low-income countries
where waste-collection rates are often below 50 percent.
WHAT'S IN THE GLOBAL GARBAGE CAN?

Mostly food and paper called as Organic trash, food we eat, food animals eat, horticultural
waste that makes up about half of global solid waste, and paper and plastic add another
27%.
Tons of waste are produced in the world
every day, mostly due to the rapid
urbanization and consumption rate.
According to World Bank data, annual waste
has increased to 4.5 trillion pounds.

According to the World Bank’s What a


Waste 2.0 report, the world generates 2.01
billion tonnes of municipal solid waste
annually.

 According to the report the global waste


will increase by 70% over the next 30 years.
Garbage crisis in Pakistan
Solid waste
Pakistan generates approximately 49.6 million tons of solid waste a City generation/day
in tons
year, which has been increasing more than 2.4 percent annually.
Karachi 16,500
Like other developing countries, Pakistan lacks waste management
Lahore 7,690
infrastructure, creating serious environmental problems. Much of
Pakistan’s solid waste does not reach final disposal sites. The waste Faisalabad 5017
generated is recovered for recycling, mostly by scavengers, before it
Rawalpindi 4,500
ever reaches disposal points.
Hyderabad 3,973
55bn plastic bags are being used in the country with an expected annual
Multan 3,680
increase of 15 percent in their usage. 
Gujranwala 3,480
Karachi generates more than 9000 tons of municipal waste on a routine Sargodha 3,072
basis.
Peshawar 2,048
About 60-70 percent of solid waste in the cities is collected by local Quetta 716
and municipal governments.
GARBAGE DUMPING

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