Waste per inhabitant

SOER 2010 Key fact (Deprecated) Published 20 Jul 2012
The European economy generates more than five tonnes of waste, including hazardous waste, per inhabitant each year, and each citizen throws on average half a tonne of household waste into the bin.
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