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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10583

28 March 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 31
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) environment
Improvements needed in EU's municipal waste processing

Brussels, 27/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - In 2010, nearly 40% of municipal waste in the EU27 went to landfill sites. In some member states, more than half of all waste is incinerated, explains Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, in a press release issued on Tuesday 27 March. In the EU27, 502 kg of municipal waste was generated per person in 2010, while 486 kg of municipal waste was treated per person. The waste was treated in various ways: 38% was land-filled, 22% incinerated, 25% recycled...

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