I don't just stay in one country, I travel around. And for the GPP, yes, trash and pollution are different things, but they fit the same category and lifestyle. I've also seen and been affected by heavy smoke, mostly during and after local farmers burn forests to make space for new fields. It can get really smoky.

Likewise, every tuktuk driver and most locals on mopeds in my city cover their faces when driving out because there really is so much pollution. I haven't bothered yet though, I already have really bad lungs so the little damage more can't be that serious.

I'm European, but living long-time in Asia. I can't but laugh at USA and EU worrying about little things and having mundane pollution and trashing laws when I look around myself. Everything is packed in plastic (often multiple times), cars and mopeds fart tons of black gas and factories just dump their waste where they want.

Interestingly, while everyone trashes, places do tend to stay really clean, as people make money by collecting all the trash from streets and bringing it to recycling.