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Municipal waste landfill rates in Europe by country

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This cluster column chart shows the development in the landfill rate of municipal waste in European countries in 2010 and 2019. Data are presented in descending order according to 2019 data values. The 10% line represents the EU landfill target for 2035. Data are extracted from the Eurostat dataset [env_wasmun]: Municipal waste by waste management operations. The data cover the 32 EEA member countries and Western Balkan cooperating countries. Data for 2018 rather than 2019 are shown for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Ireland, Kosovo (under UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99), Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia; data for 2011 rather than 2010 are shown for Denmark and North Macedonia. No 2010 data are available for Albania or Kosovo and no 2019 data are available for Iceland. Landfill rates are calculated by dividing the amount of waste sent to landfill by the amount of waste generated. The 2035 landfill target, as set in the EU Landfill Directive (EU, 1999, 2018a), is legally binding for EU Member States only.

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Methodology:: The landfill rate is calculated as a percentage of municipal waste generated that is landfilled. Data is presented in descending order according to 2019 data values.
Bulgaria, Ireland, North Macedonia and Montenegro instead of 2019 shows 2018 data; Denmark and North Macedonia instead of 2010 shows 2011 data.
Horizontal line represent the target for the year 2035 according to the Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC).
Units:: Percentage
Rights:: 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 Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Figure type:: Graph

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Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99) Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey