162 Parties to the Basel Convention in October 2004

Ability of countries to support their citizens from their own environment

Agriculture and manufacturing waste generation

Annual world nuclear reactor construction

Changing percentages of selected municipal wastes

Composition of transboundary waste reported by the Parties in 2000

Consumption of selected industrial raw materials compared to global population

Contribution from waste to climate change

Contribution of various waste management systems to greenhouse gas emissions, 2002

Different approaches and overlapping definitions to waste

Different sources of danger and their impacts to the environment

Emissions due to solid waste disposal on land

Emissions of organic water pollutants

Evolution of transboundary movements of waste among Parties to the Basel Convention

Existing radioactive waste disposal and proposed alternatives for storage

Export of waste as reported by Australia, in tonnes, 2001

Export of waste as reported by Germany, in tonnes, 2001

Global hazardous waste generation by type as reported by the Parties to the Basel Convention for the years 1993-2000

Gold production of the Ok Tedi mine

Hazardous waste generation in 2001 as reported by the Parties to the Basel Convention

Hazardous waste in Georgia

How long does it take for some commonly used products to biodegrade?

Human Development Index (HDI) in 2002

Import of waste as reported by Australia, in tonnes, 2001

Import of waste as reported by Germany, in tonnes, 2001

Information and communication technology expenditures

Landfilling and incinerating still leading in Europe

Material use, 1970-1995

Mercury pollution

Mining effects on rainfall drainage

Mining waste rock

Mobile phones per 1000 people

Most polluting industrial sectors in selected EU countries

Municipal solid waste composition

Municipal solid waste generation for selected large cities in Asia

Number of personal computers

Ok Tedi mine

Ore production and waste generation at Ok Tedi Mine

Packaging production and recycling, selected European countries

Percentage of the population served by municipal waste services selected OECD countries

Personal computers per 1000 people

Pesticides stockpiles in Africa

Projected trends in regional municipal waste generation

Radioactive, chemical and biological hazards in Central Asia

Raw materials consumption in the United States

Recycling Rates for selected OECD countries

Selected raw material consumption in United States and Western Europe

Ship breaking in Asia

Ship owners and builders

Soil-polluting activities from selected sources

Solid waste management cost for selected cities

The richer we get, the more we discard

Total hazardous and other waste generation as reported by the Parties to the basel Convention in 2001

Total hazardous and other waste generation as reported by the Parties to the Basel Convention in 2001

Total waste generation in selected OECD countries in mid-1990s

Transboundary movements of waste in 2000

Waste as a result of car production

Waste generation from manufacturing

Waste generation scheme

What is in a computer

What is in a Swiss rubbish bag?

Who gets the trash?

Vital Waste Graphics

The publication "Vital Waste Graphics" was initiated by the Basel Convention Secretariat and produced in partnership with the Division...

10 Jun 2004 Vital Graphics Series