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Municipal waste generation (CSI 016/waste 001) - Assessment published Nov 2005: The generation of municipal waste per capita in western European countries continues to grow while remaining stable in central and eastern European countries. The EU target to reduce municipal waste generation to 300 kg/capita by the year 2000 was not achieved. No new targets have been set.
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Municipal waste generation - outlook from OECD (Outlook 013) - Assessment published Jun 2007: Municipal waste generation is still increasing in OECD countries, but at a slower pace since 2000. There has been a relative decoupling of municipal waste generation in OECD countries from economic growth, but waste generation is continuing to increase.
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50 years of protecting Europe's environment: Today the European Union has the most environmentally friendly arsenal of rules in the world and has done more to tackle pressing ecological problems, such as climate change, than any other major power. But it has not always been like this. Caring for the environment did not feature in the Treaty of Rome, the document that gave birth to the modern day EU. Yet environmental problems were never far away. Europe’s love affair with the car was moving into top gear, industry was busy belching out pollutants and raw sewage was being pumped into our rivers and seas.
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Turning waste into resources: As Europe grows wealthier it creates more and more rubbish. Every man, woman and child in the EU generates over a kilo of waste every day. Multiply that figure by nearly half a billion EU citizens and it quickly becomes clear that managing our waste without harming the environment is a major headache.
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Total turnover of recycling of seven key recyclables in the EU, 2004 and 2006–2009: 'Precious metals' include silver, gold and platinum. 'Other metals' include lead, zinc, tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, magnesium, cobalt, bismuth, cadmium, titanium, antimony, manganese, beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, niobium, rhenium, gallium, indium and cermets. * The 2009 calculation is based on the values for only the second half of 2009. Despite the huge decline in commodity prices at the beginning of 2009 due to the economic downturn, the total turnover of recyclables recovered markedly in the second half of 2009.
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Municipal waste generation per capita in the Western Balkans from 2003–2007: Municipal waste generation per capita in the Western Balkans from 2003–2007
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Treatment of packaging waste in the EU-27: The figure shows the treatment of packaging waste 2005-2010
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Hazardous waste generation in the EU-15, EU-12 and in EU-27 plus Norway, Switzerland, and Croatia, 1997 to 2009: The figure shows the amounts of hazardous waste generated in EU-15, EU-12 and EU-27 plus Norway, Switzerland, and Croatia in the years 1997 to 2009.
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Top 10 hazardous waste types by amounts exported according to 'Y-code' categorisation, 2007: The amount of hazardous waste in 1000 tonnes exported within or outside the EU-27
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Uses of resources per capita in 2000 vs 2008/2009: This figure shows the DMC per capita for the EU27 countries and selected other countries in 2000 and 2009 respectively 2008
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