What happens when data tells a story humanity is trying to ignore?

This visualization explores the global waste crisis through a data-driven lens — from rapidly rising waste generation trends to regional disparities, recycling gaps, and the environmental cost of inaction.

By transforming complex global waste data into intuitive visuals, this project highlights how everyday consumption choices scale into billion-ton consequences. The insights reveal not only where waste is growing fastest, but also why current waste management systems are failing to keep up.

Built using Oracle Analytics, this dashboard demonstrates how storytelling with data can move beyond numbers — turning insights into awareness, and awareness into action.

If data can predict the future, this visualization asks a critical question:
Are we prepared to live with the one we’re creating?