Rubbish! The worldwide problem of Waste

In the past half century the population of the world doubled but waste multiplied exponentially. A proliferation of plastics put everything from margarine to light bulbs into blister packs that mostly don't degrade. Landfill sites are overflowing. The one third of all the food that the well-off West buys and throws away, and the hugely inefficient use of raw materials in so many manufacturing processes, are even more damaging. Now the world is waking up. What is being done, and is it enough?

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