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Real-time waste generation across 15 countries — 1,347,000 metric tons/day globally.

1347K+Tons today (global)
~20%Recycled globally
~40%Goes to landfill

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🇮🇳 India generates 150,000 tons/day with a 17% recycling rate

🇮🇳India· 17% recycling rate
📅+LIVE
11.646M
metric tons
Generated since Jan 1, 2026
🕐SINCE MIDNIGHT
95,614.08
metric tons
Generated today
♻️17% RATE
1.980M
metric tons
Recycled since Jan 1, 2026
🗑️LANDFILL / UNPROCESSED
9.666M
metric tons
Not recycled (YTD)
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Equivalent to 0 average cars stacked on top of each other

Live Waste by Category

Tonnage since midnight · tap any row to expand

Live YTD · 2026

Planetary Impact Counters

Environmental damage accumulating since Jan 1, 2026

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since Jan 1
0.00
metric tons
Plastic Entering Oceans
Source: Ocean Conservancy / Jambeck et al.
+0.2535 metric tons/sec
🏞️
since Jan 1
0.00
metric tons
Waste Discharged into Rivers
Source: UNEP Global Waste Management Outlook
+63.3762 metric tons/sec
🏔️
since Jan 1
0.00
metric tons
Waste Dumped on Land
Source: World Bank What a Waste 2.0
+66.5450 metric tons/sec
🌲
since Jan 1
0.00
metric tons
Timber Harvested
Source: FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment
+120.4147 metric tons/sec
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since Jan 1
0.00
hectares
Forest Burned by Wildfires
Source: Global Forest Watch / Copernicus EFFIS
+0.1268 hectares/sec
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Hazardous
92.6
µg/m³ annual avg PM2.5
0WHO safe limit: 5 µg/m³100+

18.5× above WHO guideline

Air Pollution — New Delhi
YTD avg for India's capital · Source: IQAir / WHO
WHO annual PM2.5 guideline: 5 µg/m³

Global figures are annual estimates converted to real-time rates. All data approximate and for educational purposes.

Daily Waste Generation by Country

Metric tons per day (approximate)

15
Countries Tracked
worldwide
1347K
Global Daily Output
metric tons/day
9
Waste Categories
types tracked
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