How many 2,000 ton per day Plasma Waste Converters does it take to process the worlds waste daily?

in world •  5 years ago 

"waste generation of 4.40 pounds per person per day"
https://archive.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/web/html/

"machine that costs roughly $250 million could handle 2,000 tons of waste daily"
https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2007-03/prophet-garbage/#page-2

"Current World Population 7,793,758,422"

"Population in the world is currently (2020) growing at a rate of around 1.05% per year (down from 1.08% in 2019, 1.10% in 2018, and 1.12% in 2017)."

"The current average population increase is estimated at 81 million people per year."
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

81,000,000 * 4.4 = 356,400,000 pounds or 178,200 tons (New Yearly Waste World)


7,793,758,422 * 4.4 = 34,292,537,056.8 (Pounds Waste Per Day World)

3,4292,537,056.8 ÷ 2,000 = 17,146,268.5284 (Tons Waste Per Day World)

17,146,268.5284 ÷ 2,000 (Amount Of Tons One $250 Million Dollar PWC Can Process Daily) =

8,573.1342642 (Amount Of 2,000 Ton/Day PWC Needed To Process Worlds Waste Daily)

$2,143,283,566,050 (Total Cost To Process Worlds Waste Daily)

$2,143,283,566,050 ÷ 7,793,758,422 (World Population) = $275

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