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Municipal waste generation — outlook from EEA

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The outlook indicator presents total municipal waste generation and by type of waste (paper and cardboard, glass, waste oils and used tires, packaging). It is expressed as index of waste generated in 2000. According to the definition from Eurostat municipal waste refers to waste collected by or on behalf of municipalities; the main part originates from households, but waste from commerce and trade, office buildings, institutions and small businesses is also included.

Source: http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/municipal-waste-genera... [2], retrieved on 14-04-2015.

Data host: 

European Environment Agency

Link to Data: 

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/municipal-waste-generation-out… [2]

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Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EEA's environmental indicators/Environmental Pressure indicators [3]
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The NETGREEN project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration under the Grant Agreement no. 603877.

Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/municipal-waste-generation-%E2%80%94-outlook-eea

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[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/719
[2] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/municipal-waste-generation-outlook-eea
[3] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/65