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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10596

18 April 2012
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SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) environment
Recipe for transforming waste into a resource

Brussels, 17/04/2012 (Agence Europe) Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands landfill less than 3 % of their municipal waste. In other words, 97% of their waste is processed. Waste assessment, recycling and composting have created a thriving industry and many jobs. In Germany, 45% of waste is recycled and 40% in Belgium. On the other hand, in the other member states, between 90% and 100% of waste is not recycled at all and therefore mainly ends up in landfills. In...

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