Which is the world’s most wasteful city

World's first zero-carbon, zero-waste car-free city http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7237672.stm 2 comments 10/2/2008 reddit.com

Waste-picker from city loses chance to speak at world forum http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/waste-picker-from-city-loses-chance-to-speak-at-world-forum/ 3 comments 30/3/2014 india

World's First Green City Called Masdar City Will Rise in the Middle of a Desert. It Will be the Only Zero-Carbon, Waste-Free City. http://www.thestar.com/news/globalvoices/article/421415 3 comments 6/5/2008 science

The World’s first waste-to-biofuels facility has opened in Edmonton Canada. The facility converts household garbage into biofuels. By 2016, it is expected that 90 per cent of the city's waste will be diverted out of the landfill because of this facility. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/energy-resources/world+first+waste+biofuels+facility+opens/9908130/story.html 608 comments 5/6/2014 worldnews

Nature performs sanitation services worth billions for humans - Soil filters and sanitizes 42 million tons of human waste every year, and is worth $4.4 billion, finds study of 48 cities around the world, the first global calculation of value humans receive from nature’s treatment of their waste. https://academictimes.com/nature-performs-sanitation-services-worth-billions-for-humans/ 2 comments 20/2/2021 science

Icebergs of Fat, Oil, and Grease Are Growing in the Sewers Beneath Our Feet. Here's why. - Thanks to wasteful sanitation habits, so-called "fatbergs" have increased in recent yrs—costing taxpayers in cities around the world a small fortune. https://psmag.com/environment/teenage-mutant-ninja-fatbergs 33 comments 20/1/2019 worldnews

"Hong Kong is officially the world's most wasteful city, generating at least 6.5m tonnes of rubbish last year. " http://english.aljazeera.net/video/asia-pacific/2010/11/20101115132519782618.html 24 comments 15/11/2010 worldnews

Which is the world’s most wasteful city? Mumbai produces 11,000 tonnes of trash per day, Cairo feeds garbage to pigs and China’s waste is growing twice as fast as its population – but it’s the wealthiest cities that throw the most away https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/oct/27/which-is-the-worlds-most-wasteful-city 4 comments 27/10/2016 india

The World’s Most Wasteful Megacity -- "New York City uses more energy, sucks down more water, and spews out more solid waste than any other mega-metropolitan area" http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-worlds-most-wasteful-megacity 629 comments 6/5/2015 science