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Observed total and municipal residual waste, together with total municipal waste generation under projection of increase of 3.7 % until 2030, and equivalent residual waste generated if the 2030 recycling target is reached
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Methodology:
The chart assumes the projection in which the total municipal waste generation increases 3.7 % by 2030 (when comparing with 2018). The chart tries to visualize the amounts of residual waste in the case of the 60 % recycling rate being met by 2030. Hence, the projected residual waste from 2020 to 2030 is calculated as an interpolation of the actually observed value in 2020, and the projection of residual waste in 2030 (which pertains to 38 % of the total projected municipal waste --> 100 % total - 60 % targeted recycling rate - 2 % other). Note that the 2 % other corresponds to an approximation of the municipal waste that is considered to go under "other treatment" in Eurostat, since this value has averaged 2 % over the past ten years.
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Units:
Million tonnes
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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).
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Figure type:
- Graph
Additional information
There is no downloadable dataset for the "Scoping study to assess the feasibility of further EU measures on waste prevention: final report" (European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment, Karigl, B., Neubauer, C., Kral, U., et al., Scoping study to assess the feasibility of further EU measures on waste prevention : final report, 2022, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2779/21588). The European Commission report contains two different projections until 2035, and the current figure is based on the same annual increase for the upper-bound projection until 2030 as in the Commission report.
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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/observed-total-and-municipal-residual or scan the QR code.
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