GEO-6 Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific
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With rising waste generation and prevalent uncontrolled dumping, the absolute value of greenhouse gas emissions from the Asia and the Pacific waste sector (excluding Indonesia) rose from nearly 317 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 1990 to 419 million tonnes in 2010. The share of emissions from the waste sector in the region, however, has decreased from nearly 4.4 per cent in 1990 to below 2.6 per cent in 2011 (Figure 2.6.7), explained by increases in emissions from other sectors, especially energy and industrial processing, as well as better waste management practices in developed countries. Figure 2.6.8 shows that emissions from waste continue to grow in China, India and Indonesia, but have been falling in Japan.
Figure 2.6.8: Greenhouse gas emissions from the waste sector of the region’s four biggest emitters, million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, 1990–2012
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Note: Data are extracted from the World Resource Institute (WRI) database available on WRI website. Source: WRI 2015
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