The bar chart gives information about the proportion of different ways of treating waste, namely landfill, recycled/ composted, incineration, and other forms in fifteen countries in Europe. Units are measured in percentages.
Generally, Europeans refer landfill as it is dominant in eight out of fifteen regions. Recycled/ composted and incineration relatively share the second position while other waste management forms are always at the bottom.
Regarding Greece, Ireland, UK, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Finland, the seven countries in which landfill accounts for over half of the total amount. Greece is the highest with around 90 percent while Ireland falls to a close second at approximately 85 percent. Apart from those countries with only two types of management (landfill and recycled/ composted), the others have more than three forms. The percent of recycled/ composted and incineration are quite equal while other forms, which are in Spain only, makes up the least of about 5 percent.
Looking specifically at the others, recycled/ composted and incineration are generally equally dominant with the exception for France and Luxemburg, where landfill is just 10 percent and 5 percent over incineration, respectively. Austrians prefer recycled/ composted most since the reported figures are highest, accounting for over 60 percent while incineration is more popular in Denmark with the relatively similar proportion. Although the contribution of other forms of waste management in Germany is significantly higher than other countries, making up more than 12 percent, these types are not so prevalent on the whole.