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Historical and projected greenhouse gas emissions for the waste sector, MtCO₂e, EU-27

Figure Created 05 Feb 2024 Published 22 Feb 2024 Last modified 22 Feb 2024

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Topics: Climate change mitigation

Historical and projected GHG emissions reported by the EU Member States and quality checked by the EEA. Values expressed in MtCO₂e. For historic years, disaggregation to 4 subcategories is available. There are two scenarios of projected emissions: WEM, with existing measures scenario and WAM, with additional measures scenario.

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Methodology:

Countries report data to the EEA
EEA and ETC does the quality checking
Findings are communicated to countries
Final dataset is disseminated by the EEA

Units:

MtCO₂e

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EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge,
provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Commission, European Environment Agency (EEA).

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European Environment Agency (EEA)

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Additional information

5.A-Solid Waste Disposal
5.B-Biological Treatment of Solid Waste
5.C-Incineration and Open Burning of Waste
5.D-Wastewater Treatment and Discharge
5.E-Other Disposal

EU 27 Projected waste GHG emissions with existing measures
EU 27 Projected waste GHG emissions with additional measures

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Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden The Netherlands