EU municipal waste management – facts and figures

From 2005 to 2016 the average amount of municipal waste as measured per capita declined by 7% in the EU. However, trends can vary by country. For example, while municipal waste per capita increased in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Malta and the Czech Republic, it decreased in Bulgaria, Spain, Hungary, Romania and the Netherlands. According to statistics from 2016, 47% of all municipal waste is recycled or composted. However, waste management practices vary a lot between countries and quite a few countries are still landfilling large amounts of municipal waste. The practice of landfilling remains popular in the eastern and southern parts of Europe (News Item European Parliament, 6 April 2018).
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