Some *** billion people - or ** percent of the global population - did not have access to waste collection services in 2020. Collection rates were the lowest in Central and South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, where they stood below ** percent. In contrast, roughly the entire population in North America and Western Europe had access to such services.
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