The bar chart illustrated how waste was removed in European country between 2005 and 2008.
Overall, despite ranking first at the beginning, the amount of waste eliminated by landfill declined by the end of the chart. It can be also observed that while burning increased at the end, dumping at sea did not record significant changes.
An overwhelming amount of waste was removed by landfill in the initial year. Starting at 1800 in 2005, landfill decreased rapidly by 600 in 2006. In 2007 these figures had a slight drop by approximately 300, before reaching its lowest point at 600 in 2008.
The figures for burning began at about 500 whereas that’s of dumping at sea recorded 600. The amount of waste eliminated by burning rose steeply over the chart, reaching its peak at circa 900 in 2008. This sharply contrasts with that of dumping at sea which had a negligible fall by around 20 by the end of the chart.
