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Waste generation and decoupling, EU-27
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Created 14 Apr 2021
Published 22 Jun 2021
Last modified 23 Jun 2021
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Resource efficiency and waste
This figure shows indexed values of waste production, population and gross domestic product (GDP) with the year 2010 as a reference year (2010=100%). The production phase shows generation of total waste and waste excluding major mineral wastes in absolute terms. GDP was chosen as a basic indicator of economic growth as it expresses the total value of goods and services produced in the country (the components of GDP include personal consumption expenditure plus business investment plus government spending plus (exports minus imports)). Population, expressed as average population, is an important demographic indicator, which provides insights into development in a number of possible consumers and waste producers.
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Methodology:
Raw data for waste generation (total and excluding major mineral wastes), population and GDP was retrieved from Eurostat. Eurostat aggregates for EU-27 + United Kingdom were used. Data on waste generation contain all NACE activities and households. Frequency of data publishing varies from every two years (for waste generation) to every year (for population and GDP).
The aggregated figures are indexed to 2010, which means that the figure for each year is divided by the figure for 2010 and then multiplied by 100.
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Units:
percentage, index (2010=100%)
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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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- Graph
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Temporal coverage
2010-2018
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/waste-generation-and-decoupling or scan the QR code.
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