VAMatt on 03 March 2020
There is no reasonable way to discuss pollution on a per country, per capita, or per anything basis. I'm not going to repeat what everyone has said above, but it just can't reasonably be determined that way. It also just doesn't fucking matter (except maybe when talking about something like litter, or solid waste). What matters with greenhouse gases, water pollution, and the like, in the big picture, is the total amount created on earth. All this comparing of industries and countries to each other, creating offsets, and other stuff like that is just nonsense political bullshit. Either the total amount comes down, or it does not.
