MY SAY: What waste in a hungry world

One of the characteristics of a highincome economy appears to be the correspondingly high amount of waste that it generates compared with a lowincome economy. In fact, as countries graduate from a lower to a higher level economy, the amount of waste they generate goes up accordingly. Reports sho...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
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Language:English
Published: 2009
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description One of the characteristics of a highincome economy appears to be the correspondingly high amount of waste that it generates compared with a lowincome economy. In fact, as countries graduate from a lower to a higher level economy, the amount of waste they generate goes up accordingly. Reports show that many Asian economies are facing a similar predicament as they benchmark themselves against existing highincome countries. More recently, China has been singled out for the amount of waste it produces as its economy chalks up an unprecedented performance, even as the world is going through a difficult time. China, according to an International Herald Tribune report on Aug 13, has surpassed the US as "the world's largest producer of household garbage".
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spelling usm-327552017-04-04T02:14:56Z http://eprints.usm.my/32755/ MY SAY: What waste in a hungry world Abd Razak, Dzulkifli HC Economic History and Conditions One of the characteristics of a highincome economy appears to be the correspondingly high amount of waste that it generates compared with a lowincome economy. In fact, as countries graduate from a lower to a higher level economy, the amount of waste they generate goes up accordingly. Reports show that many Asian economies are facing a similar predicament as they benchmark themselves against existing highincome countries. More recently, China has been singled out for the amount of waste it produces as its economy chalks up an unprecedented performance, even as the world is going through a difficult time. China, according to an International Herald Tribune report on Aug 13, has surpassed the US as "the world's largest producer of household garbage". 2009-09-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32755/1/DZUL130.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2009) MY SAY: What waste in a hungry world. The Edge Malaysia.
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title_full MY SAY: What waste in a hungry world
title_fullStr MY SAY: What waste in a hungry world
title_full_unstemmed MY SAY: What waste in a hungry world
title_short MY SAY: What waste in a hungry world
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url http://eprints.usm.my/32755/
http://eprints.usm.my/32755/1/DZUL130.pdf