Global waste numbers to rise in 2016

Global waste volume generation is expected to pick up in 2016, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan Market Research Reports.

The firm foresees an increase to 22,072.1 million tons in 2016 from 20,955.5 million tons in 2015. The overall “global waste recycling market” includes waste collection and disposal services covering the municipal solid waste, industrial waste, waste electrical/electronic equipment, and construction and demolition waste sectors.

In addition to the increase in metric tonnage, the report estimates that the industrial segment will generate the highest waste volume at 15,790 million tons, followed by construction and demolition, municipal solid waste, and waste electrical/electronic equipment.

Metallurgy and energy activities are projected to be responsible for highest industrial waste volumes with Asia-Pacific and Europe producing the most in waste volume followed by the Americas and the MEA (or Middle East and Africa regions).

Following are the different types of defined waste.
• Waste Recycling Market
Covers processes to sort waste materials, treat it, and process it for further material recovery by using different technologies and solutions, excluding recovery and reuse.

• Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
Commercial and residential waste in solid or semi-solid form, excluding hazardous waste and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

• Industrial Waste
Solid or semi-solid waste generated by energy (conventional or renewable), chemical (petrochemical, rubber production, plastic production, and pharmaceutical), agriculture and forestry, metallurgy (ferrous and non-ferrous and fabricated metal), and others (including textile, pulp and paper, cement production, food and beverage, tobacco, and services with wholesale, defense, and health), excluding construction and demolition (C&D) waste, hazardous waste, and WEEE.

• WEEE
Includes large household appliance (LHA), small household appliance (SHA), information technology and communications equipment (IT), consumer equipment (CE) waste, and others (including lighting equipment, electrical and electronic tools, toys, leisure and sports equipment, medical and control instruments, and automatic dispensers).

• C&D Waste
Originates from activities including building and road demolition as well as excavated waste.