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06-Waste generation in Europe

Waste generation in Europe | European Environment Agency's home page 8TH EAP HEADLINE INDICATOR, 2024 Waste generation in Europe 8th Environment Action Programme Analysis and data Indicators Waste ... generation in Europe Total per capita waste generation remained near stable in the European Union between 2010 and 2022. ... The EU aims to sign�cantly decrease its total waste generation by 2030. ...

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Waste generation in Europe

Total per capita waste generation remained near stable in the European Union between 2010 and 2022. ... The EU aims to signficantly decrease its total waste generation by 2030. ... Although the observed stability and decoupling of waste generation from economic growth is encouraging, the latest data indicates that the link between economic growth and waste generation remains. ...

2 Dec 2024
Topics: Waste and recycling, Resource use and materials, Circular economy
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Diversion of waste from landfill in Europe (Indicator)

Key messages: Between 2010 and 2022, the amount of total waste (excluding major mineral wastes) entering landfills in the EU-27 decreased from 23% to 17%. ... Further decreases are needed to meet the objective of reducing waste landfilling and meeting the specific diversion target for municipal waste. ... There are many barriers to reducing waste landfilling, including persistent waste generation. ...

3 Mar 2025
Topics: Waste and recycling, Pollution
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Waste generation per capita in the EU-27

The figure shows total waste generation, generation of waste excluding major mineral wastes and gross domestic product (GDP), indexed to 2010. ...

4 Dec 2024
Topics: Resource use and materials
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Textile waste generation per person in the EU per year
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Total textile waste generation in the EU27 was 16 kilograms per person in 2022 and has remained rather stable since 2016. ...

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Waste generation in Europe (Indicator)

Key messages: Waste generation continues increasing in the EU, with a slight decrease of 0.5% between 2010 and 2022, with a sharp decrease between 2018 and 2020, which might be due to economic slowdown ... linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.When major mineral wastes —generally less environmentally concerning— are excluded from the totals, waste generation increased by 3.3% between 2010 and 2022. ... Waste generation closely follows economic growth trends, suggesting that the Zero Pollution Action Plan target to significantly reduce total waste generation by 2030 is unlikely to be met. ...

3 Mar 2025
Topics: Waste and recycling, Pollution
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Diversion of waste from landfill in Europe

However, the total amount of waste generated has continued to increase. ... Landfilled waste quantities in 2022 were 21% lower in the same period, equivalent to 306kg of waste per year by each EU citizen in 2022. ... For some waste streams, such as (mixed) household and similar waste, relatively good progress has been made towards diverting waste from landfill. ...

17 Dec 2024
Topics: Waste and recycling, Circular economy, Resource use and materials
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Generation of waste per capita and by European country (2010 and 2022)

The figure shows total waste generation per capita per country in 2010 and 2022, sorted according to the highest 2022 value. ...

4 Dec 2024
Topics: Waste and recycling, Resource use and materials
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Waste generation in the chemical industry (Indicator)

Key messages: The generation of both hazardous and non-hazardous waste in the chemical industry increased by 21% between 2012 and 2018, with a drop between 2018 and 2020 most likely due to the COVID-19 ... The amount of generated waste is marginally decoupling from the total gross value added by the chemical industry during this period, again most likely temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  ... The share of total generated waste categorised as hazardous remained stable at about 50% (5.8 million tonnes per year) between 2012 and 2020. ...

16 Apr 2024
Topics: Chemicals, Industry, Resource use and materials
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Total waste generation (TOTAL)

External Data Spec Total waste generation (TOTAL) External Data Spec Published 25 Nov 2021 1 min read Permalinks - Permalink to this version - 3934814df7e54b51bdb57522ecd2131d - Permalink to latest version ... - 9Y4BKNWURT For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/external/total-waste-generation or scan the QR code. ...

25 Nov 2021
Topics: Various other issues
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