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Total waste generation in the EU, EFTA, Turkey and Croatia in 2008 by source
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This figure shows the total waste generation distribution in percentages between different sources in the EU, EFTA, Croatia and Turkey in 2008

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Data sources
- Waste generation and treatment (env_wasgen)
- Switzerland 2008
Metadata
- Croatia
- Iceland
- Norway
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Greece
- Poland
- Romania
- Portugal
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Germany
- France
- Czechia
- Italy
- Cyprus
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Finland
- Hungary
- Bulgaria
- Malta
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Austria
- Luxembourg
- Ireland
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
2008
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Methodology
The category “Total other waste” was calculated by subtracting the categories, Total mining waste, Total construction and demolition waste, Total manufacturing waste and Total household waste from the category Total waste generation. The percentages in the figure were calculated by dividing the different categories with the category “Total waste generation”.