Number of countries at different levels of the municipal waste management hierarchy, 2001 and 2010

Figure Created 19 Feb 2013 Published 19 Mar 2013 Last modified 06 Jun 2013

Topics: Resource efficiency and waste ,

The number of countries achieving defined levels of MSW management in 2001 and 2010. Countries > 25% recycling, > 25% incineration, > 50% landfilling and >75% landfilling. Each country can be included in several waste management categories. Therefore, the total number of countries is greater than 32.

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Last upload:

19 Feb 2013

Temporal coverage:

2001-2010

Tags:

recycling , incineration , municipal waste , municipal solid waste , landfill

Geographic coverage:

Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Europe , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , United Kingdom

Methodology:

The percentages of municipal waste landfilled, incinerated, recycled (material recycling + other recycling) are calculated as share of municipal waste generated and countries classified according to the chosen categories.

Units:

Number of countries per category

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 (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Copenhagen Resource Institute (CRI).

Owners:

Copenhagen Resource Institute (CRI)

Figure type:

Graph

Additional information

Note: Each country can be included in several waste management categories so the total number of countries is greater than 32. The number of countries is indicated in the white boxes.

For Iceland is used 2008 data for 2010. For Slovenia 2002 data are used for 2001 and 2009 data are used for 2010. Croatia is not included for 2001