Table 1: Waste generation by economic activities and households, 2012

(thousand tonnes)

Mining and
Total Manufacturing Energy
quarrying
EU-28 2,515,110 733,980 269,690 96,480
Belgium 67,630 115 17,736 1,314
Bulgaria 161,252 141,083 3,009 9,533
Czech Republic 23,171 167 4,376 1,063
Denmark 16,332 18 1,610 893
Germany 368,022 8,625 56,596 8,050
Estonia 21,992 9,355 4,121 6,258
Ireland 13,421 2,025 4,599 396
Greece 72,328 47,832 4,183 12,259
Spain 118,562 22,509 14,594 5,772
France 344,732 2,477 21,431 2,100
Croatia 3,379 5 425 108
Italy 162,765 720 34,142 3,616
Cyprus 2,086 218 98 2
Latvia 2,310 2 396 133
Lithuania 5,679 26 2,551 29
Luxembourg 8,397 131 509 2
Hungary 16,310 91 2,991 2,872
Malta 1,452 45 9 2
Netherlands 123,613 179 14,115 1,342
Austria 34,047 51 3,636 622
Poland 163,378 68,035 31,135 20,706
Portugal 14,184 243 3,188 422
Romania 266,976 223,293 6,029 9,043
Slovenia 4,547 14 1,345 1,069
Slovakia 8,425 311 2,516 1,046
Finland 91,824 52,880 14,531 1,011
Sweden 156,367 129,481 6,218 1,852
United Kingdom 241,922 24,044 13,596 4,965
Iceland 529 0 93 2
Liechtenstein 467 29 12 0
Norway 10,721 470 2,639 89
Montenegro 386 1 33 351
FYR of Macedonia 8,472 802 1,304 6
Serbia 55,003 47,896 760 5,744
Turkey 1,013,226 950,587 13,141 18,424
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,457 72 1,213 3,171
Kosovo 1,167 177 80 151

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Households
demolition activities
821,160 380,390 213,410
24,570 18,891 5,004
1,033 3,841 2,755
8,593 5,739 3,233
3,867 6,216 3,727
197,528 60,752 36,472
657 1,165 436
366 4,379 1,657
813 2,383 4,859
26,129 28,333 21,224
246,702 42,024 29,996
682 968 1,191
52,966 41,708 29,613
965 353 451
8 558 1,213
419 1,477 1,177
7,079 426 249
4,038 3,638 2,681
1,041 201 155
81,354 17,758 8,864
19,471 6,247 4,020
15,368 18,809 9,324
928 4,672 4,731
1,325 22,638 4,647
535 941 641
806 2,090 1,657
16,034 5,635 1,734
7,656 6,967 4,193
100,230 71,580 27,506
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(%)

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(%)
tonnes)
Agriculture, forestry
1.6 40,410
and fishing
Mining and
29.2 733,980
quarrying
Manufacturing 10.7 269,690
Energy 3.8 96,480
Waste /
7.8 197,150
water
Construction 32.6 821,160
Services
(except wholesale of 4.5 113,490
waste and scrap)
Wholesale of
1.2 29,330
waste and scrap
Households 8.5 213,410

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Figure 2: Waste generation, 2012

(kg per inhabitant)

Waste excluding
Major mineral
major mineral Total
waste
waste 24,000
EU-28 1,828 3,156 4,984
Bulgaria 2,456 19,616 22,072
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Finland 3,912 13,049 16,961
Estonia 8,589 8,038 16,627
Sweden 1,927 14,499 16,426 16,000
Luxembourg 2,423 13,393 15,816
Romania 2,041 11,269 13,310 12,000
Netherlands 2,555 4,823 7,378
Greece 2,042 4,478 6,520
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Belgium 4,999 1,078 6,077
France 1,513 3,757 5,270
Germany 1,810 2,766 4,576 4,000
Poland 1,883 2,409 4,292
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Ireland 2,067 859 2,926
Denmark 1,788 1,133 2,921
Italy 1,830 904 2,734
Spain 1,379 1,156 2,535
Cyprus 964 1,451 2,415
Slovenia 1,701 509 2,210
Czech Republic 1,197 1,008 2,205
Lithuania 993 908 1,901
Hungary 1,136 508 1,644
Slovakia 1,250 308 1,558
Portugal 1,180 169 1,349
Latvia 895 240 1,135
Croatia 620 171 791
Turkey 766 12,712 13,478
Liechtenstein 1,990 10,737 12,727
Serbia 931 6,709 7,640
FYR of Macedonia 3,714 397 4,111
Norway 1,947 189 2,136
Iceland 1,599 52 1,651
Bosnia and Herzegov 1,061 100 1,161
Kosovo 528 118 646
Montenegro 616 5 621

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

2004 2012
12,000
EU-28 1,940 1,828
Estonia 10,791 8,589
Belgium 3,285 4,999 10,000
Finland 4,479 3,912
Netherlands 2,513 2,555 8,000
Bulgaria 2,174 2,456
Luxembourg 2,706 2,423 6,000
Ireland 1,316 2,067
Greece 2,528 2,042
4,000
Romania 1,883 2,041
Sweden 2,694 1,927
Poland 1,971 1,883 2,000
Italy 1,441 1,830
Germany 1,473 1,810 0
Denmark 1,520 1,788 EU-28
Estonia
Belgium
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Netherlands
Bulgaria
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Ireland
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United Kingdom 2,676 1,747
Austria 2,853 1,735
Slovenia 2,143 1,701
France 1,491 1,513
Spain 1,906 1,379
Slovakia 1,285 1,250
Czech Republic 1,736 1,197
Portugal 1,825 1,180
Hungary 1,864 1,136
2004 2012
 2004 2012
Lithuania 1,899 993
Cyprus 2,607 964
Malta 826 922
Latvia 530 895
Croatia 1,134 620
FYR of Macedonia () : 3,714
Liechtenstein () : 1,990
Norway 1,392 1,947
Iceland 1,682 1,599
Bosnia and Herzegovina () : 1,061
Serbia () : 931
Turkey 746 766
Montenegro () : 616
Kosovo () : 528
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Figure 4: Waste generation, excluding major mineral wastes, EU-28, 200412

(million tonnes)

2006 (not
2004 available) 2008 2010 2012
Agriculture, forestry
78.5 46.2 39.8 40.0
and fishing
Mining &
10.4 10.1 8.0 7.9
quarrying
Manufacturing 271.4 236.6 203.0 200.8
Energy 92.2 88.8 81.9 93.6
Waste /
112.3 129.6 148.3 180.9
water
Construction 39.3 38.7 50.9 57.1
Other
148.8 140.6 146.2 134.0
sectors
Households 205.0 212.3 214.1 208.1

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Table 2: Total waste generated, 2010 and 2012
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Non-hazardous waste
2010 2012
EU-28 2,362,840 2,414,380
Belgium 58,058 63,373
Bulgaria 153,843 147,845
Czech Republic 22,395 21,690
Denmark 14,993 15,139
Germany 343,614 346,038
Estonia 10,038 12,833
Ireland 17,835 12,036
Greece 70,141 72,031
Spain 134,528 115,448
France 343,543 333,429
Croatia 3,085 3,256
Italy 150,084 153,290
Cyprus 2,335 2,055
Latvia 1,430 2,214
Lithuania 5,473 5,542
Luxembourg 10,061 8,082
Hungary 16,195 15,610
Malta 1,328 1,423
Netherlands 115,899 118,753
Austria 33,410 32,982
Poland 157,966 161,641
Portugal 16,646 13,639
Romania 218,643 266,305
Slovenia 5,869 4,413
Slovakia 8,969 8,055
Finland 101,778 90,170
Sweden 115,117 153,614
United Kingdom 229,564 233,470
Iceland 503 513
Liechtenstein 304 463
Norway 7,670 9,364
Montenegro : 383
FYR of Macedonia 2,178 7,794
Serbia 22,455 40,545
Turkey 780,197 1,009,238
Bosnia and Herzegovina : 3,511
Kosovo : 1,165

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 Hazardous waste
2010 2012
97,490 100,730
4,479 4,258
13,553 13,407
1,363 1,481
1,225 1,193
19,931 21,984
8,962 9,159
1,972 1,385
292 297
2,991 3,114
11,538 11,303
73 123
8,543 9,474
37 31
68 95
105 137
380 315
541 700
25 29
4,485 4,860
1,473 1,066
1,492 1,737
667 545
666 671
117 133
415 370
2,559 1,654
2,528 2,753
7,004 8,452
8 16
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1,763 1,357
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11,161 14,457
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Figure 5: Hazardous waste generation, 2004 and 2012 ()

(kg per inhabitant)

2004 2012
Estonia 5,382 6,925
7,000 700
Bulgaria 1,542 1,835
Serbia () : 2,008
6,000 600
EU-28 180 200
Luxembourg 270 593 5,000 500
Belgium 499 383
Finland 412 305
4,000 400
Ireland 178 302
Netherlands 131 290
Sweden 181 289 3,000 300
Germany 242 273
Denmark 59 213 2,000 200
France () 140 173
Italy 106 159
1,000 100
Czech Republic 142 141
United Kingdom 133 133
Austria 124 126 0 0
Hungary () 135 71 Estonia
Bulgaria
Serbia () EU-28
Luxembourg
Belgium
Finland
Ireland
Netherlands
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Malta () 110 70
Slovakia 79 68
Spain 73 67
Slovenia 54 65
Portugal () 216 52
Latvia 7 47
Lithuania 27 46 2004
Poland 42 46
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Romania () 107 33
Croatia 26 29
Greece 30 27
FYR of Macedonia () : 329
Norway 146 270
Bosnia and Herzegovina () : 246
Liechtenstein () : 99
Turkey 14 53
Iceland 29 51
Montenegro () : 5
Kosovo () : 1
Table 3: Waste treatment, 2012
(thousand tonnes)

EU-28
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Ireland
Greece
Spain
France
Croatia
Italy
Cyprus
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Hungary
Malta
Netherlands
Austria
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
Slovakia
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
Iceland
Norway
FYR of Macedonia
Serbia
Turkey

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Table 4: Hazardous waste treatment, 2012
(thousand tonnes)

Energy Incineration without

Total
recovery energy recovery
EU-28 75,120 5,800 4,660
Belgium 2,060 113 197
Bulgaria 13,390 0 5
Czech Republic 753 38 71
Denmark 978 130 0
Germany 21,098 3,170 1,143
Estonia 9,131 19 0
Ireland 69 18 13
Greece 108 3 3
Spain 2,421 164 0
France 8,841 1,103 1,423
Croatia 73 8 0
Italy 3,258 164 394
Cyprus 24 0 0
Latvia 42 3 0
Lithuania 70 0 1
Luxembourg 2 0 0
Hungary 377 20 77
Malta 1 0 1
Netherlands 4,456 189 557
Austria 339 131 63
Poland 1,435 2 143
Portugal 193 43 14
Romania 521 166 136
Slovenia 75 5 9
Slovakia 199 4 20
Finland 1,411 68 107
Sweden 1,123 137 42
United Kingdom 2,673 105 240
Iceland 12 0 0
Norway 1,013 257 85
FYR of Macedonia 681 0 0
Serbia 14,429 0 0
Turkey 3,571 224 41
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energy recovery incineration
28,760 35,900
880 870
61 13,323
607 37
325 523
11,923 4,863
1,646 7,466
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1,158 132
126 10
116 103
49 13
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285 951
477 466
1,293 1,035
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Figure 6: Development of waste treatment in the EU-28, 200412

(million tonnes)

2004 2006 (not 2008 2010 2012 ()

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Disposal (excluding incineration) 1,116 997 1,058 1,112
Recovery (excluding energy recovery) 890 1,087 1,056 1,053
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