The bar chart details the amount of waste that was disposed via landfill, burning and dumping at sea, in a particular European country between 2005 and 2008.
Overall, it can be seen that burial was the most popular method of waste disposal during the period shown except for 2008. Additionally, while landfill and dumping at sea experienced a downward trend, the opposite was true for incineration.
In 2005, the most used method of waste disposal was landfill with around 1800 million tonnes, followed by burning and dumping at sea, at 500 million and 600 million tonnes respectively. Within the next year, the figure for burial dropped dramatically by one-third to 1200 million tonnes in 2006, whereas the opposite was true for the amount of trash disposed by incineration as it witnessed a slight rise of 100 million tonnes. Meanwhile, the statistics for waste thrown out to the sea saw a plateau.
In 2007, the amount of waste buried declined moderately to 900 million tonnes, whereas the figure for burning rose to roughly 700 million tonnes. As for dumping at sea, its figure continued to remain stable. By 2008, burning was the most preferred method of waste treatment, with its figure being around 900 million tonnes. Simultaneously, the quantity of waste buried was 600 million tonnes, compared to approximately 550 million tonnes of waste dumped at sea.