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Better management of municipal waste will reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The road from landfilling to recycling: common destination, different routes
Reported illegal waste shipments in the EU from 2001 to 2005
Note: In the years 2001 to 2003 the reporting covers only the old EU Member States, but three countries did not report.
Resource use per person, by country, 2000 and 2007
This graph shows the resource use per person, by country in 2000 and 2007.
Share of population served with public sewage treatment, and type of treatment offered
Share of population served with public wastewater treatment in Denmark 1970-2000, Netherlands 1970-1999, Spain 1975-2000, Estonia 1985-2000 and Poland 1990-2000
Share of population served with public wastewater treatment in Denmark 1970-2000, Netherlands 1970-1999, Spain 1975-2000, Estonia 1985-2000 and Poland 1990-2000
Shipments of notified waste from EU Member States to other EU and non‐EU countries, 1997-2009
The figure illustrates the amount of transboundary shipped notified waste, in Million tonnes, traded from EU-member states to different countries. These cover countries within EU-15, EFTA, Non-OECD (inkl. BG and RO), EU-12 excl. BG + RO and OECD (non-EFTA).
Shipments of notified waste from EU Member States to other EU and non-EU countries, 1997-2005
Shipment of notified waste from the EU Member States relates to: old EU Member States (EU-15) (5); new EU Member States (NMS-10); EFTA countries; other OECD countries; and nonOECD countries
Targets of the packaging and packaging waste directive
The 30 largest flows of hazardous waste in the EU-27, 2009
The table shows the 30 largest flows of hazardous waste between EU-27 countries, and between EU-27 countries and other countries, shown in tonnes
Three country groupings defined by diversion strategy
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
Total exports of used textiles by region, 2000, 2010 and 2019, percent by weight
Total mismanaged PPSI in coastal NUTS3 in 2012 and 2018, by regional sea; Sum of the mid Median estimates (items/years) in larger and smaller european catchments within marine regions; and Median of items by litter group, by regional sea
Total stored amount of high level waste
No information has been included for Bulgaria due to a lack of data.
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.
Total waste generation by sector, 2004
Total waste generation in the EU, EFTA, Turkey and Croatia in 2008 by source
This figure shows the total waste generation distribution in percentages between different sources in the EU, EFTA, Croatia and Turkey in 2008
Total waste generation in the pan-European region, 1996-2004
Treatment of notified waste shipped from EU Member States to other EU and non-EU countries
Treatment of packaging waste in the EU-15
The figure shows the treatment of packaging waste 1997-2010
Treatment of packaging waste in the EU-27
The figure shows the treatment of packaging waste 2005-2010
Trend in generation of municipal waste in the EU, EFTA countries, Turkey and Western Balkan countries, 2003 and 2010
The figure is a bar plot of the generation of municipal waste in kg per capita, covering 2003 and 2010.
Trend in the amount of WEEE collected from households in 28 European countries (kg/capita/year), 2006-2008-2010
The figures show the amount of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) that has been collected from private households in European countries, stated in kg/capita. The figures are related to the EU collection target of 4 kg/capita/year. Values are related to 2006, 2008 and 2010.
Trends and outlook for management of municipal waste in the EU-27 (excluding Cyprus) plus Norway and Switzerland, baseline scenario
This figure shows the waste generation in the EU-27 (without Cyprus) plus Norway and Switzerland and the distribution between treatment paths from 1990 to 2020.