Facts on Brazil:
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204.860.000 inhabitants (81.900.000 Germany)
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8.514.877 km² area (357.375,62 km² Germany)
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2.417 billion USD nominales Bruttoinlandsprodukt (2014)
Area of waste (2013):
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78,000 tons/day of waste were diposed insufficiently (41.7%)
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A total of 62.7 million tons of waste per year is produced
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The state of Rio Grande do Sul 2.7 million tons
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60% of the municipalities use unacceptable landfills
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Brazil is the 5th largest source of solid waste in the world
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The market is estimated at 24 billion BRL
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Only 1.4% is recycled
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38% of the waste water is treated
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36.9% of the water is lost during the transport
Facts on the state of Rio Grande do Sul:
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10.695.532 inhabitants (1.605.173 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
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281.730 km² area (23.211 km² Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Facts on the capital Porto Alegre:
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1.409.939 inhabitants
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497 km² area
Source: gtai, wikipedia