Households and businesses nationwide produced a record 52.36 million tons of general waste in fiscal 2000, the Environment Ministry said Friday.
Disposal of general waste, which is distinguished from industrial waste, was up 910,000 tons from the previous year, officials said.
It means that people in Japan generated a record 1.132 kg of garbage per person per day, up 12 grams from the previous record high in 1990, ministry officials said.