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World waste could grow 70 per cent as cities boom, warns World Bank

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Tepic, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation Global waste could grow by 70 per cent by 2050 as urbanisation and populations rise, said the World Bank on Thursday, with South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa set to generate the biggest increase in rubbish. Countries could reap economic and environmental benefits by better collecting, recycling and disposing of trash, according […]