Half a tonne of waste per year from each EU resident

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(EU) – The average EU resident produced 522 kilograms of municipal waste in 2007, according to the European statistics office Eurostat. Around 42 per cent of the municipal waste handled was consigned to landfill; 20 per cent was incinerated, 22 per cent recycled and 17 per cent composted. According to Eurostat, the ...

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