Environmental pollution - Garbage: Canadians produce more garbage than anyone else

Canadians use far too much energy and water, and they produce more garbage per capita than any other country on earth, a report from an influential think-tank says.

"Our large land mass, cold climate and resource-intensive economy make us less likely to rank highly on some indicators of environmental sustainability, but many of our poor results are based on our inefficient use of our resources," said Len Coad, the board's director of energy, environment and technology policy.

The other top three environmental (Garbage) polluters after Canada are the US, which takes the second spot,  followed by Switzerland, Denmark and Ireland  ( see chart).

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