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Table 1: Waste generation by economic activities and households, 2014

Mining and
Total
quarrying
(million tonnes) (kg per inhabitant)
EU-28 2,502.9 4,931 28.1
Belgium 65.6 5,838 0.1
Bulgaria (¹) 179.7 24,872 88.6
Czech Republic 23.4 2,223 1.0
Denmark 20.1 3,558 0.1
Germany 387.5 4,785 1.9
Estonia 21.8 16,587 36.3
Ireland (¹) 15.2 3,285 17.8
Greece 69.8 6,404 67.9
Spain 110.5 2,378 16.9
France 324.5 4,913 0.7
Croatia (¹) 3.7 879 0.1
Italy 159.1 2,617 0.6
Cyprus (²) 2.1 2,406 :
Latvia 2.6 1,315 0.2
Lithuania 6.2 2,114 0.4
Luxembourg 7.1 12,713 1.8
Hungary 16.7 1,688 0.5
Malta (¹) 1.7 3,896 2.2
Netherlands 133.2 7,901 0.1
Austria 55.9 6,541 0.1
Poland 179.0 4,710 42.3
Portugal 14.6 1,402 1.9
Romania (¹) 175.6 8,820 87.0
Slovenia 4.7 2,273 0.2
Slovakia (¹) 8.9 1,636 3.2
Finland 96.0 17,572 65.4
Sweden 167.0 17,226 83.2
United Kingdom 251.0 3,885 10.5
Iceland (³) 4.5 1,651 0.0
Liechtenstein 0.6 14,919 1.7
Norway (¹) 11.7 2,283 2.8
Montenegro 1.2 1,872 22.5
FYR of Macedonia 2.2 1,058 3.4
Serbia 49.1 6,890 84.5
Turkey (⁴) 73.1 947 4.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina (³) 0.5 1,161 1.6
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.0 574 19.3

(¹) Other economic activities includes also manufacturing.

(²) Other economic activities includes also mining, quarrying, manufacturing and energy.
(³) 2012.
(⁴) Other economic activities includes also manufacturing, construction and demolition.
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Construction and Other economic

Manufacturing Energy Households
demolition activities
(%)
10.2 3.7 34.7 14.9 8.3
21.7 2.1 40.2 27.3 8.6
: 5.1 0.7 4.0 1.5
18.8 4.3 40.2 21.8 13.9
6.4 5.4 52.6 18.5 17.1
15.8 2.6 53.3 16.9 9.5
20.2 32.6 3.1 5.6 2.2
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13.4 4.8 18.5 28.3 18.3
6.7 0.5 70.2 13.1 8.8
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9.4 27.8 17.3 18.3 27.1
42.1 1.6 7.0 30.1 18.7
4.0 0.0 84.5 6.1 3.4
16.2 13.9 20.7 31.0 17.7
: 0.2 74.5 13.8 9.3
10.1 1.3 68.1 14.1 6.4
9.7 0.9 72.1 9.8 7.5
17.6 12.2 9.5 13.7 4.6
17.9 1.2 10.3 36.3 32.3
: 4.0 0.6 6.2 2.2
28.1 13.5 17.4 28.9 12.0
: 6.1 15.6 55.4 19.6
10.7 1.5 17.0 3.7 1.7
3.4 1.1 5.3 4.5 2.5
3.2 1.3 48.0 26.0 11.0
17.6 0.3 2.1 36.1 44.0
2.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 95.9
: 1.3 23.0 52.7 20.3
5.2 31.7 9.2 15.3 16.1
67.9 23.3 0.5 4.9 0.0
1.8 9.1 0.6 0.7 3.3
: 32.8 : 20.2 42.8
27.2 71.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
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Figure 1: Waste generation by economic activities and households, EU-28, 2014

(%)

(thousand
(%)
tonnes)
Agriculture, forestry
0.8 20,180
and fishing
Mining and
28.2 704,630
quarrying
Manufacturing 10.2 255,210
Energy 3.7 93,210
Waste/
9.1 228,520
water
Construction 34.7 868,060
Services
(except wholesale of 3.9 98,680
waste and scrap)
Wholesale of
1.0 25,820
waste and scrap
Households 8.3 208,580

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Figure 2: Waste generation, 2014

(kg per inhabitant)

Waste excluding
Major mineral
major mineral Total
waste
waste
EU-28 1,755 3,176 4,931

Bulgaria 2,474 22,398 24,872

Finland 2,508 15,063 17,572
Sweden 1,901 15,324 17,226
Estonia 9,514 7,073 16,587
Luxembourg 1,617 11,097 12,713
Romania 1,000 7,820 8,820
Netherlands 2,581 5,320 7,901
Austria 1,839 4,701 6,541
Greece 1,928 4,476 6,404
Belgium 4,945 893 5,838
France 1,445 3,468 4,913
Germany 1,908 2,876 4,785
Poland 1,975 2,734 4,710
Malta 962 2,934 3,896
United Kingdom 1,544 2,341 3,885
Denmark 1,778 1,781 3,558
Ireland 1,681 1,604 3,285
Italy 1,772 846 2,617
Cyprus 792 1,614 2,406
Spain 1,428 950 2,378
Slovenia 1,604 668 2,273
Czech Republic 1,118 1,104 2,223
Lithuania 1,119 996 2,114
Hungary 1,214 474 1,688
Slovakia 1,165 471 1,636
Portugal 1,184 218 1,402
Latvia 1,001 313 1,315
Croatia 723 156 879

Liechtenstein 1,126 13,792 14,919

Serbia 1,034 5,856 6,890
Norway 1,879 404 2,283
Montenegro 1,245 627 1,872
Iceland (¹) 1,599 51 1,651
Bosnia and Herzegovina (¹) 1,061 101 1,161
FYR of Macedonia 1,000 57 1,058
Turkey 844 103 947
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 454 120 574

(¹) 2012.
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Figure 3: Waste generation, excluding major mineral wastes, 2004 and 2014
(kg per inhabitant)

2004 2014
EU-28 1,907 1,755

Estonia 10,791 9,514 12,000

Belgium 3,285 4,945
Netherlands 2,513 2,581
Finland 4,479 2,508
Bulgaria 2,174 2,474
10,000
Poland 1,530 1,975
Greece 2,551 1,928
Germany 1,473 1,908
Sweden 2,694 1,901
Austria 2,853 1,839 8,000
Denmark 1,520 1,778
Italy 1,441 1,772
Ireland 1,316 1,681
Luxembourg 2,706 1,617
Slovenia 2,143 1,604 6,000
United Kingdom 2,676 1,544
France 1,491 1,445
Spain 1,906 1,428
Hungary 1,864 1,214
Portugal 1,825 1,184 4,000
Slovakia 1,285 1,165
Lithuania 1,899 1,119
Czech Republic 1,736 1,118
2,000

United Kingdom

Norway

Liechtenstein (²)

Serbia (²)
Belgium
Netherlands

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Italy

Hungary

Czech Republic

Cyprus

Iceland (¹)
Montenegro (²)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (¹)(²)

FYR of Macedonia (²)

Turkey
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) (²)
EU-28

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Finland
Bulgaria
Poland
Greece

Austria

Ireland

Slovenia

France

Portugal

Lithuania

Latvia
Romania
Malta

Croatia
Sweden

Luxembourg

Spain

Slovakia
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Latvia

Turkey
Cyprus
Croatia

Norway
Romania

Serbia (²)
Iceland (¹)

Albania (²)
Montenegro (²)
Liechtenstein (²)

FYR of Macedonia (²)

Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) (²)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (¹)(²)

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1,392
1,134
2,607
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1,883
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Belgium
Netherlands
Finland
Bulgaria
Poland
Greece
Germany
Sweden
Austria
Denmark
Italy
Ireland
Luxembourg
Slovenia
United Kingdom
France
Spain
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Portugal
Slovakia
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Czech Republic
Latvia
Romania
Malta
Cyprus
Croatia

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Iceland (¹)
Montenegro (²)
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Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) (²)
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Table 2: Waste generation, excluding major mineral wastes, EU-28, 2004-2014

Rate of change
2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2004-2014
(million tonnes) (%)
Total 941.1 942.3 903.4 875.2 884.2 890.8 -5.3
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 63.1 57.4 46.2 21.7 22.3 19.7 -68.7
Mining and quarrying 10.4 7.1 10.1 8.0 7.8 7.9 -24.1
Manufacturing 271.4 250.5 236.6 202.8 190.5 184.1 -32.2
Energy 92.2 100.0 88.8 81.9 93.6 90.7 -1.6
Waste/water 110.9 110.2 130.1 149.0 178.7 208.0 87.7
Construction 39.3 45.2 38.7 50.9 60.1 61.8 57.2
Other sectors 148.8 160.9 140.6 146.5 122.0 115.0 -22.7
Households 205.0 211.0 212.3 214.4 209.3 203.5 -0.7

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Figure 4: Hazardous waste generated, 2010 and 2014

(% share of total waste)

2010 2014
Estonia 47.2 47.7

Serbia 33.2 27.4

Montenegro (¹) : 24.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina (¹)(²) : 21.2
Norway 18.7 11.7

EU-28 4.0 3.8

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Ireland 10.0 3.2
Spain 2.2 2.7
Lithuania 1.9 2.7
United Kingdom 3.0 2.3
Austria 3.1 2.3
Malta 1.8 2.2
Finland 2.5 2.1
Sweden 2.1 1.5
Poland 0.9 0.9
Romania 0.3 0.3
Greece 0.4 0.3

Turkey 5.1 4.7

Iceland (²) 1.6 3.1
FYR of Macedonia 6.4 1.9
Liechtenstein 2.7 0.2
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) (¹) : 0.0

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Table 3: Waste treatment, 2014

Total Landfill
(million tonnes)
EU-28 2,319.5 47.4
Belgium 42.8 8.2
Bulgaria 175.7 97.9
Czech Republic 19.9 17.3
Denmark 17.7 21.7
Germany 370.7 19.2
Estonia 20.7 65.6
Ireland 10.0 42.6
Greece 67.1 88.4
Spain 103.4 47.9
France 299.7 29.3
Croatia 3.5 51.1
Italy 129.2 16.0
Cyprus 1.8 58.9
Latvia 1.9 34.8
Lithuania 4.5 67.6
Luxembourg 8.5 38.3
Hungary 13.7 39.4
Malta 1.6 28.9
Netherlands 130.6 45.4
Austria 53.9 38.6
Poland 182.4 24.9
Portugal 9.9 31.8
Romania 172.2 94.4
Slovenia 5.4 9.2
Slovakia 7.1 53.8
Finland 93.3 80.9
Sweden 163.3 84.4
United Kingdom 209.0 41.5
Iceland (¹) 0.5 30.7
Norway 11.7 17.9
Montenegro 1.0 98.8
FYR of Macedonia 1.5 98.7
Albania 1.2 74.8
Serbia 49.4 97.3
Turkey 79.3 70.2

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Figure 5: Development of waste treatment, EU-28, 2004-2014

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Figure 6: Hazardous waste treatment, 2014

(thousand tonnes)

(thousand tonnes)
EU-28 75,570 30,570

Germany 20,521 20,521

Bulgaria 12,176 12,176
Estonia 10,315 10,315
France 7,605 7,605
Netherlands 4,483 4,483
Italy 3,574 3,574
United Kingdom 2,763 2,763
Spain 2,322 2,322
Belgium 1,926 1,926
Finland 1,916 1,916
Poland 1,877 1,877
Denmark 1,819 1,819
Sweden 1,093 1,093
Czech Republic 597 597
Romania 500 500
Austria 439 439
Portugal 415 415
Hungary 373 373
Slovakia 202 202
Cyprus 161 161
Greece 115 115
Slovenia 92 92
Ireland 87 87
Croatia 66 66
Lithuania 55 55
Latvia 43 43
Luxembourg 38 38
Malta 0 0

Serbia 13,494 13,494

Turkey 6,488 6,488
Norway 1,566 1,566
Montenegro 266 266
Iceland (¹) 12 12
FYR of Macedonia 4

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Figure 7: Hazardous waste treatment, 2014

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EU-28 11 9

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Denmark 37 1
Netherlands 16 20
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Cyprus 2 0
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Sweden 16 11
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Italy 1 7
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Austria 17 8
Spain 3 0
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Romania 6 2
Latvia 6 0
Ireland 7 3
Lithuania 0 1
Croatia 3 0
Greece 0 0
Malta 0 1

Montenegro 0 0
Norway 56 10
Turkey (¹) 3 1
Iceland (¹) 0 0
FYR of Macedonia 0 0

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