Generation and treatment of municipal waste. Municipal waste generation in Europe has slowed down and stabilised at about 520 kg per capita since 2002.

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Blumenthal (K). http://temis.documentation.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/document.xsp?id=Temis-0076729

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• Environnement
• Déchet
• Administration territoriale
• Production

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• Publié par: temis-developpement-durable
• Publié le: 30 juin 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 10
• Licence : En savoir +
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• Langue: English

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Environment and energy   Author: Karin BLUMENTHAL

 

 

   

 

S t a t i s t i c s i n f o c u s 31/2011

Generation and treatment of municipal waste Municipal waste generation in Europe has slowed down and stabilised at about 520 kg per capita since 2002

 

Municipal waste constitutes only around 10 % of total This publication shows the development of municipal waste generated. However, the political emphasis on waste generation and treatment from 1995 to 2009. municipal waste is very high because of its complex Moreover, it includes an analysis of the evidence on character due to its composition, its distribution decoupling, i.e. breaking the link between the among many waste generators and its link to production of material wealth and the production of consumption patterns. waste.   Figure 1: Municipal waste generated by country in 1995, 2002 and 2009, sorted by 2009 level (kg

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1995 2002 2009   Notes: FYR of Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina excluded due to the limited data available (only one or two reference years) Relevant breaks in series: Sharp decreases for Estonia (2001), Spain (2004), Lithuania (1999), Hungary (2000), Portugal (2002), Slovenia (2002) and Norway (2001). Sharp increases for Latvia (2002) and Slovakia (2002). Source: Eurostat (online data code:env_wasmun)